Sentence examples for seized the idea from inspiring English sources
So they seized the idea of "home equity," with its connotations of ownership and fairness.
In the end, the auto companies seized the idea and helped steer fuel-cell technology in their own direction.
It has only been since the early 1990's that Hughes, which was acquired by General Motors in 1985 for $5.3 billion in cash and stock, seized the idea of turning its satellite operations into a consumer-oriented business.
In 1988 Sir Denis Forman wrote: "Ever since I had seen [the film] Grass (1925), I had seized the idea that, in film, we had a means of documenting and capturing a picture of the tribal societies that were bound soon to disappear; so by 1970 I was ready to support wholeheartedly an enterprise that reflected a genuine interest in anthropology, coupled with the professional abilities to make films".
But instead of simply resisting the measure, NADA, a key lobbying group, seized the idea and converted it to its own purposes.
"Good for those museums that are seizing the idea.
In the late 17th century, the idea seized the imagination of administrators of the poor laws that a profit could be made out of the labour of the poor.
Carrying that legacy forward, the 3DS rode the bandwagon that seized the industry early this decade: the idea that every screen in the house would eventually become a 3D screen.
McKibben seized on the idea.
"The press is seized with the idea there's an alternative," he told me.
