"seize" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

seize verbo

seize + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 76
seize power • seize control • seize property • seize land • seize one's arm • seize one's hand • seize one's assets • seize weapons • ...
verbo + seize
Kolokacji: 4
try to seize • attempt to seize • begin seizing • sent to seize
seize + preposición
Kolokacji: 31
seize upon • seize up • seize by • seize on • seized during • ...
seize + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 22
immediately seize • quickly seize • suddenly seized • illegally seized • later seize • ...
  • It was a wonderful idea, one that several others immediately seized as their own.
  • But the state's impact statement was immediately seized upon by those who want to shut the plant down.
  • "He was immediately seized with some discomfort in the chest."
  • It seems to me this opportunity must be seized immediately!
  • I was immediately seized by fear, thinking she meant that, during the next three months, we'd be eating salad more often than we already do!
  • Any text found on a ship in the harbor was immediately seized.
  • The position, the view in all directions, the isolation of it had immediately seized his attention.
  • This area was immediately seized by the advancing German troops.
  • But only one of them immediately seized Calhoun's attention as he rose from his chair.
  • The police officer would immediately seize it as evidence and he wished to review the material himself.

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