Heem braced himself despite the cruel grip of her roots in his flesh.

"Now kiss the cross," Loris said, releasing his cruel grip.

He gestured that way, where Raghallach hung in the guard's cruel grip.

It threshed this way and that, as the giant tried, uselessly, to pull free of the Trees' cruel grip.

The animals obeyed, though the cruel grip of their captors promised the worst.

The grizzled man takes his shoulder and pushes him along with a strong but not cruel grip.

It was not yet spring in the Highlands, but winter had loosened its cruel grip and the deep snows were beginning to melt.

Barnabas grasped her by the arm in a cruel grip.

She staggered sideways and he caught her bruised arm in a cruel grip.

The cruel grip on her ankles brought her back to mundane reality.