How to Use take hold in a Sentence

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• In time, the culture took hold.
  — Mario Diloreto, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
• Just climbing up there, the fear took hold.
  — Todd Gilchrist, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 2026
• Those lessons took hold this winter.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2026
• Plant before the ground freezes so roots can take hold.
  — Brendel Clark, Freep.com, 25 Sep. 2025
• But words always take hold of me without fail.
  — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025
• The landscape is ripe for something new to take hold.
  — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
• And that took hold for the entire season.
  — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Feb. 2026
• That shift is beginning to take hold.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
• Fungi took hold of some vines, and had to be dealt with hastily.
  — Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune Europe, 19 Oct. 2024
• But as the rise of year-round wreaths took hold, so did the rise of year-round front door bows.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2024
• Depression took hold, and dark days stretched on.
  — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
• As hours turn to days, food and water run out, and fear begins to take hold.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
• Now, a new projection took hold.
  — Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
• Could the war cause democracy to take hold in Iran?
  — Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 4 Mar. 2026
• But a growing call to thwart these efforts has been taking hold.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2023
• When a new queen began her reign, a new dialect appeared to take hold.
  — Emily Anthes, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• As risk-on mood took hold, gold prices pulled back, though Treasury yields held steady.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 July 2026
• There were no more blasts, but a politics of fear had taken hold.
  — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Five years ago, Covid took hold and the world transformed almost overnight.
  — Jenna Russell, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
• The consequences are starting to take hold right now.
  — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
• That hasn't stopped a thriving black market from taking hold in the state.
  — Michael Goldberg Mississippi Today, Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
• That hasn’t stopped a thriving black market from taking hold in the state.
  — Michael Goldberg, ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
• Will watched how quickly false narratives took hold.
  — Michael McCarter, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
• The same frenzy has taken hold online.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2026
• But since peace took hold here 25 years ago, the neighborhood feels worlds away from that past.
  — Megan Specia, New York Times, 7 June 2024
• Hold your head up high and don't let their negative energy take hold of your day!
  — Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022
• There was too much hunger and lack for gorgeous architecture to take hold.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
• This resurgence is a great standout as the maxi took hold of the spotlight this summer.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 Oct. 2023
• Alongside that shift, a quieter mood has taken hold on the customer side.
  — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• Amid the chaos under Yeltsin, a bleak frontier culture took hold.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026