He tried to point the gun into her ribs and she managed to get a good purchase on one of his thumbs.

"Your husband made a good purchase," the god said.

This the seamen call "going a-shoring;" and it seems they do often find good purchase.

Lucas dug away more packed snow to give his feet good purchase.

Soon they would be able to get a good purchase on it and pry it out.

Because of the high window, the angle was bad; I was too short to get a good purchase.

When a couple's only hobby is spending money, they are bound to make a few good purchases.

"I wanted to be reasonably sure that that this was a good purchase," she said.

"People have a hard time making the purchase and feeling good about it."

In June, durable good purchases had increased $9.8 billion, for an annual adjusted rate of $412 billion.