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Discover LudwigThe phrase "seize my" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used in contexts where one is expressing a desire to take control of or grasp something, often metaphorically.
Example: "I want to seize my opportunities and make the most of my talents."
Alternatives: "take hold of my" or "grasp my"
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Isn't that like having the government actually entering my home to seize my property?
I'll have to try to seize my chances and see what works out well for me".
I know what it feels like to have a man seize my body against my will.
"I little expected that the advertising in their pages would seize my attention more than the articles themselves," she writes in the introduction to her book.
If I saw her coming, I would dive back inside my front door or seize my son's hand and gallop to our car.
I've got a capsule review of it in the magazine this week; more important, Rebecca Mead offers, in the same issue, a remarkable Profile (available to subscribers) of the young filmmaker, a few details of which seize my attention.
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They seized my rifle.
One was Patti Smith, seizing "My Generation" like a born rocker.
Out of nowhere, a cold feeling seized my gut.
I tip-toed upstairs to the nursery, seizing my opportunity.
"They seized my entire home office," he said.
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