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

I asked him how patients can continue while in the grip of a seizure that lasts up to an hour.

My favorite (reported in Erikson's book) is a comment that Luther made at the dinner table while in the grip of a depression.

But because resigning has huge consequences, you never want to make that decision while in the grip of intense emotion, she said.

He received that advice from Watson, who has been adjusting to his instant fame while in the grip of a slump since his Masters victory.

Strawberry's criminal history is a rap sheet of violations committed while in the grip of unyielding drug need, an abuse that plainly expresses a host of untreated mental problems, beginning with depression and including suicidal yearning.

Election returns and polling data suggest that millions of young, educated and globally minded Mexicans voted against the party in the belief that the nation would never be a modern democracy while in the grip of the party's old guard.

For example, in the second quarter of 2009, while still in the grip of the Great Recession, nonfarm business labor productivity was 8.0 percent, a five-year high.

Like Raheem, I too had once shoplifted from a pharmacy while in the grips of a manic episode.

With this care, your pet can live for many months while in the grips of this physical decline.

While she was in the grip of meningitis, Ms. Nimmons had to miss the long-awaited court date for her name-change hearing.

He says that only a long, unconditional ceasefire can lead to talks—and admits that this is virtually impossible while ETA remains in the grip of the new radical leaders who took over from the body's more moderate founders.