Sentence examples for seized on her from inspiring English sources

Several Republicans seized on her answer and then pressed her to agree to strip the agency of its power to ban such practices if she did not see any immediate need to use them.

They have seized on her lack of concrete proof about Madoff to portray her as unreliable.

Republicans seized on her remarks in an election-year effort to undermine Mr. Obama's counterterrorism credentials.

Many seized on her account as further evidence that the BBC has been biased against Israel for years.

That characterization proved inaccurate, and Republicans seized on her interviews as evidence of an attempted cover-up by the administration.

Mr. Boxley's lawyer, E. Stewart Jones, seized on her apparent reluctance to file a complaint to question her motives.

Investors seized on silver last year.

Democrats seized on the comment.

But as enthusiastic as Ms. Hodder is about protecting the environment, the children seize on her lapses, as when Peapod delivers the groceries in plastic bags.

The eye seizes on her sharply separated fingers (index and pinkie pointing much higher than the two between), on the way her shoulders often seesaw (alternately hoisting one, then the other high), and on the proud arch of her lower spine.

By the time I get to the back deck, she's clambered over the 3-foot railing and I can only grab at her, seizing on her arm and then the back of her pants as she tries to stand on and then over the 5-inch ledge.