Sentence examples for he seized upon from inspiring English sources
Seeking a French influence to give the score the right sound, he seized upon Poulenc.
In Wakefield's presentation at the church in Tomball, he seized upon this detail as evidence of Deer's overreaching.
In the mid-70's, he seized upon state deregulation of the television industry to buy up private stations.
That is when he seized upon the notion of tracking his break-even number, the point at which revenue for a given period equals expenses.
So when Mr. Bukin realized a few weeks ago that 12/12/12 — the last triple date of the century — was quickly approaching, he seized upon it.
Near the end, when James sustains himself by recalling his time with Danny, he seizes upon something she said: "The strangest life exists in the cracks".
The unities of form and feeling in Tuymans's work may be shallow — as, under time pressure, he seizes upon whatever resolution of a picture first beckons.
He seizes upon Ecstasy's signal drawback this way: "It is as if there is a certain, finite quantity of happiness that Ecstasy can lead one to use up quickly".
