Example sentences of "[verb] her grip on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wincing at the stiffness in her fingers , she loosened her grip on the steering-wheel and was amazed at how much more responsive the boat felt . |
| 2 | Even when she later encountered more difficulties , she tried all sorts of positions , but never changed her grip on the hammer . |
| 3 | Rain renewed her grip on the woman . |
| 4 | Eleanor released her grip on the pedestal and put her hands over her eyes , rocking to and fro and moaning , ‘ I ca n't bear it , I ca n't bear it ! ’ |
| 5 | But to reach it she would need to walk within feet of her visitor — and release her grip on the dress with one hand to open the door . |
| 6 | If she relinquished her grip on the door she was completely at his mercy . |
| 7 | Without losing her grip on the gun , Anya forages as directed . |
| 8 | A year or so later she told everyone that they must make an annual pilgrimage to that city , where she had a cousin in the catering trade who was prepared to give them all cheap rates , but by that time Rose was losing her grip on the faithful . |
| 9 | Watching Dora , Melissa observed her stiffen and tighten her grip on the putter , her arm muscles clenched below the rolled-up sleeves of her blouse . |
| 10 | She tightened her grip on the great enemy , only to loosen it again . |
| 11 | Robyn desperately tightened her grip on the statue . |
| 12 | Arabella Buckley had released her grip on the Finn 's long , ginger-suited arm . |
| 13 | On the few occasions when she had been compelled to enter the water , she had stayed in the very shallowest part of the pool and had never for a moment released her grip on the handrail . |