Sentence examples for of a vise from inspiring English sources

With the housing bust in full swing, servicers are in something of a vise, to be sure.

At one end of Jankovic's table a majestic dark pink haunch of prosciutto was prominently displayed in a sort of a vise.

While conspiracy theories abound over this sudden soft-pedaling, the simplest explanation is that the Bush administration is caught in something of a vise between salvaging the progress it has made with Sudan in recent years -- most notably the north-south peace settlement that American diplomats were instrumental in forging -- and the risk of losing it all by pushing too hard on Darfur.

Recent X-rays, which can be viewed on the museum's Web site, expose the foundations of the figure: a length of adjustable pipe, a vise and a crowbar.

'You didn't care about my heart.' " Enthusiastic as Ms. Fleming is at the prospect of Imogene in a "vise grip" between Marcello Giordani's Gualtiero and Dwayne Croft's Ernesto, what thrills her most is Imogene's concluding mad scene.

But the rest of the division is caught in a vise of uneven quarterback play.

Many of these companies are still trapped in a vise of big debts and big inventories.

Their incisor and canine teeth, however, remained large, like those of their ancestors, indicating continued use of the teeth as a vise or third hand.

In her new book, Elizabeth Warren tells the story of her life in order to make an argument about America (the middle class is trapped in a vise of debt), which is the sort of thing politicians do when they're running for office.

The return of social issues has put the dwindling center of both parties in a vise.

Heedless, Western materialist culture, caught in a vise of logic and reason, has ignored the presence of Nothing in our everyday lives.