Sentence examples for were gripped by from inspiring English sources

Outside his bubble, Santana wondered why so many around him were gripped by fear.

Americans were gripped by a fever of interest in the finances of their neighbors.

For six terrifying months in 1911-1912, the citizens of Paris were gripped by a violent crime streak.

The children were gripped by these national differences in escape strategies.

Officials, concerned that the uprising might threaten the nuclear plant, were gripped by fears of spies and saboteurs.

We were gripped by the first series of Homeland, Alex, but didn't you also find it annoying?

LSU Tigers football fans were gripped by a torrent of emotions Sunday, but surprise was not one of them.

Some found it self-indulgent and sluggish, others were gripped by the slow-burn and rapid reveal.

When Jamal Reimers, 39, moved to the US in 1997, the Marshall Islands were gripped by drought.

They were gripped by the intensity of the battle scenes, and the relationship between man and horse.

Yet even secular Labor Zionists were gripped by the euphoria; the leftist military leader Yigal Allon joined Begin.