Sentence examples for seize up from inspiring English sources

When private markets seize up, central banks step in.

The East Side avenues seize up in teeth-grinding gridlock.

Might Chávez's old politics of confrontation seize up on him?

They're weak and feverish; their tongues seize up and their faces wither.

"I always seize up when people say 'brand.' I don't want to be Starbucks".

Blizzards blow, weapons seize up and even simple body functions become intolerable," he writes.

But as long as the markets don't seize up, it is as good as cash.

If the European situation deteriorates badly, markets could seize up everywhere.

Europe's inter-bank market could seize up, unsure which banks would be hit by sovereign defaults.

London's transportation system did not break down or seize up or become the world's laughingstock.

All national government operations will seize-up.