Sentence examples for were quick to seize from inspiring English sources

Mr. Jackson's representatives were quick to seize upon the memorandum.

Investors were quick to seize on any signs of progress, real or otherwise.

Taxi drivers were quick to seize on the city's more restrained tone on Friday as evidence that its numbers could not be trusted.

Animal rights advocates, who have campaigned to end the housing of hens in tiers of cages, were quick to seize on the recall.

Criminal defense lawyers were quick to seize on the new policy to argue in courts around the country that firearms prosecutions were violating their clients' constitutional rights.

Some Democrats were quick to seize on the pope's past criticism of unfettered free markets as vindication for their own focus on income inequality and union pay campaigns.

And business owners have been quick to seize the moment.

It's a point Nurse is quick to seize on.

WHEN the financial crisis erupted in September 2008 President Nicolas Sarkozy was quick to seize the European lead.

Stouthearted, audacious, and autocratic, Nobunaga was quick to seize on any promising new invention.

This was a real form of cultural power, which Buckley was quick to seize on.