"seize" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Vivaldi's "Orribile lo scempio," yet another antiwar jeremiad, affords the baritone an opportunity for vocal gymnastics, which he gleefully seizes.
- Civil rights advocates gleefully seized on Ms. Rice's statement as evidence that black government officials close to Mr. Bush are uncomfortable with his stance on affirmative action.
- Some long-time haters, like Mike Lopez, an East Bridgewater plumber, gleefully seize on the Thomas episode as evidence that "he's all washed up."
- Instead of commending Freitas for his good-citizen efforts, Cianci gleefully seized on a police report that Freitas had threatened a neighbor in a parking lot.
- Republicans today gleefully seized on one aspect of the Democratic plan: the fact that it included higher taxes.
- Mr. Yeltsin's political opponents gleefully seized on all these arguments, making a political banner out of the South Kuriles.
- Mr. Schumer's campaign seized gleefully on the incident.
- The politicians who seized so gleefully on the study's conclusions have no interest in fairer economic treatment for either group.
- Al Gore seized on the study gleefully, denouncing "illusory test scores that might elevate the reputations of politicians."
- The president gleefully seized on the remark as evidence that his opponent agrees that he was right "to go into Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power."
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