When he felt her bare flesh, he politely took a new hold.
Lowering one hand, he thrust it farther along the ceiling to seek a new hold.
He knew that Jayge was looking forward to having a new hold further down the river.
She let go with one hand and found a new hold above her head.
Suddenly people who thought they were doomed had a new hold on life.
But all at once, Griff, reaching for a new hold, jerked back his hand.
The reassurance gave him a new hold on his world.
"You have given me a new hold on life; you are a real friend, Partridge!"
One hand got a new hold, then the other.
Landing was being cleared of all that could be reused in the new northern hold.