Sentence examples for has been seizing from inspiring English sources
This time, however, he has been seizing power in the open.
Lately the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has been seizing banks it deems insolvent at the rate of about two a week.
His FlashForward revealed him as leader, speaking at a rally at a stadium – and he has been seizing power violently to make it so.
And that's exactly what advocates of temporary nationalization want to see happen, not just to the small banks the F.D.I.C. has been seizing, but to major banks that are similarly insolvent.
Boko Haram has been seizing towns and now controls a large swath of the extreme north-east of Africa's most populous country to form an Islamic caliphate, mimicking Islamic State.
In making an issue of Mr. Romney's theoretical handling of the terrorist, the Obama campaign has been seizing on a 2007 quote by the candidate about going after Bin Laden, in which he said, "It's not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars just trying to catch one person".
"The boat has been seized by police.
Most of his fortune has been seized by investigators.
Our hero has been seized by the police.
Eritrean property has been seized, and sold, by the government.
"Part of the town has been seized by the bandits".
