Sentence examples for seizes as from inspiring English sources

And, as so often in this story, it's an opportunity he seizes as much in shame as in calculation.

Leviev's Zufim settlement, again along with Israel's Wall, seizes as much as two-thirds of the village of Jayyous' agricultural land and six wells, effectively annexing one of the West Bank's most fertile agricultural zones.

This conviction that science can resolve all questions is known as "scientism" — a label typically used pejoratively (as by Wieseltier), but one Rosenberg seizes as a badge of honor.

We are unfamiliar, though, with real execution; the way a body seizes as a blade hacks at its throat.

On the dance floor, a few guests clutched the large golden hearts, seized as trophies.

A spokesman confirmed computers and documentary evidence was seized, as well as meat samples.

"Conceivably oil tankers could be seized as protection against future damage awards," he said.

Only that way, he said, could unforeseen (and unforeseeable) opportunities be seized as and when they arose.

The truth is that the media world is seized as never before by a penchant for the polysyllabic.

About $50 million in assets were also seized, as well as a number of servers and 18 domain names that formed Megaupload's network of file-sharing sites.

Its Steam service started as a distribution mechanism for its own games; lack of competition allowed it to seize as much as 70% of the market.