grip

[grip]

Definition:
1. Hold fast or firmly.
2. To hold very tightly.
3. To keep someone's attention completely.

Use 'grip' in a sentence:

• 1. She would not loosen her grip on my arm.
• 2. She tightened her grip on my arm.
• 3. I was gripped throughout the entire two hours of the film.
• 4. This trial has gripped the whole nation.
• 5. Old tyres won't grip in the rain very well.
• 6. The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
• 7. No one seems to have a firm grip on the company at the moment.
• 8. The faster you go, the harder it is to maintain your grip.
• 9. She gripped the rope.