Sentence examples for retained grip from inspiring English sources

Owl nearly exhausted but retained grip.

Arsenal retain grip on third place.

Roughened nuptial pads on the male's hands aid in retaining grip.

Pinot noir is not an East End staple, but the Hargraves had a firm grip on it, and the Borgheses have retained that grip.

For months the Taliban retained their grip over Marja, and they still hold sway in several pockets.

The Pakistani Taliban retained a grip on territory running along the border with Afghanistan.

Yet the government continued to talk to Mr Ocalan, who, despite having spent the last 12 years behind bars, has largely retained his grip on the PKK.

Security forces successfully faced down insurgent forces outside the capital, but Isis militants retained their grip on Mosul, Iraq's second city.

India got an expansive railway system far in advance of any other Asian nation, but Britain retained its grip on the technology as the supplier of all its equipment, which meant once again that the profits were repatriated.

Russia has shown small signs of moving a few troops out of Georgia but retained its grip on the country, with Russian forces binding and blindfolding 21 Georgian soldiers at the Black Sea port of Poti on Tuesday.

Empire retained its grip on the paid-for film magazines market, selling an average of 160,067 copies a month, despite a 4.6% decline on its circulation of the previous six months.