Sentence examples for had seized upon from inspiring English sources

But the imperfect criminal had seized upon a perfect crime.

Suddenly, everyone was checking out the obscure index that Mr. Weinstein and others had seized upon.

Smaller shares cited opportunities for self-improvement they had seized upon, such as additional education, training and volunteer work.

But in reality, Davis had seized upon a big Western offensive even before Sibley set foot in Richmond.

Some time after this, the Lacedaemonians sent a second time to desire succours of the Athenians against the Messenians and Helots, who had seized upon Ithome.

My sister Nancy would not have approved of this playful moment, which I had seized upon as a sign that our parents still liked each other after all.

What Fox's critics have seized upon are some comments Koh is alleged to have made that Islamic law, or sharia, should govern cases in U.S. courts.

Blackstone has seized upon these opportunities to bolster its businesses.

Even Malaysia's prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has seized upon it.

Some have seized upon those cases to attack the church anew and with frightening vigor.

Critics of the pipeline have seized upon these two issues as reasons to veto the project.