gripped
/ɡɹɪpt/ adjective B2- excited; mesmerized
- Having a grip, or grips
- Afraid; too anxious to continue a climb.
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Then either in cold blood or in the course of a struggle—Douglas may have gripped the hammer that was found upon the mat—he shot Douglas in this horrible way.
"I gripped the old man by the shoulder, but he shrank away.
I gripped him by the arms.
to think that you—you of all men—should be standing in my study.” Again I gripped him by the sleeve, and felt the thin, sinewy arm beneath it.
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