Sentence examples for whether in the grip of from inspiring English sources

Most people, I am sure, have done fairly extreme things at some point, whether in the grip of anger or some other strong emotion.

The two economists are loth to enter the debate about whether America is now in the grip of an irrational stockmarket bubble.

His testimony could prove crucial in helping to decide whether Mr Deripaska was in the grip of one of the mafia gangs that prevailed in 1990s Russia or is simply trying to avoid meeting his obligations under a business contract.

By this point I wondered whether I'd been in the grip of the same kind of hypnosis familiar to vacationers who've discovered that a piece of folk art that seems like a masterpiece in the flea market by the port is not quite as masterly on the wall of a Manhattan apartment.

This is something every person needing assistance dreads, whether they are elderly, disabled, depressed or in the grip of addiction.

It is not clear whether psychiatrists will determine that Holmes was in the grip of mental illness when he fired into the crowd at the cinema after midnight on Friday, but watching him dazed and apparently strongly medicated at his initial hearing, it certainly seems likely.

"Whether you can go back in time is held in the grip of the law of quantum gravity.

England was in the grip of unemployment.

They were in the grip of fear.

Kenya is in the grip of Obama-mania.

The costumes suggest America in the grip of the Great Depression.