English example sentences with "seizing"

They accused the Mitylenaeans of seizing their boat, as if it had belonged to an enemy, and of plundering it of all its contents.
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The government is seizing everyone's gold.
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Dorothea darted instantaneously from the window; Will followed her, seizing her hand with a spasmodic movement; and so they stood, with their hands clasped, like two children, looking out on the storm, while the thunder gave a tremendous crack and roll above them, and the rain began to pour down.
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My Ministers will work to implement new regimes for fisheries, agriculture and trade, seizing the opportunities that arise from leaving the European Union.
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Seizing the opportunity, my uncle married the young widow, my mother, and proclaimed himself king.
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Moussa Dadis Camara led a military coup, seizing power, and suspending the constitution.
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Zimbabwe started forcibly seizing lands from white farmers to redistribute them.
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Authorities in Thailand, a major transit point for smugglers, report seizing more than 10,000 live animals and 1,300 carcasses in 2013.
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I'm incapable of seizing opportunities when they arise.
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I'm not good at seizing opportunities at the right time.
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Assad has not been pictured since he met the Iranian foreign minister in Damascus a week ago. That day, he vowed to "crush" the rebels seizing territory with dizzying speed.
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I regret not seizing opportunities that came my way.
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