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Meanings of find a hold in English

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Usage of find a hold in English
1
I reach around, find a hold, and daddy-long-leg over.
Rock and Ice Magazine
2
She falls just short, but her claws strike the stone ledge, throw sparks, find a hold.
The Hyperion Cantos
3
Wild plants sometimes find a hold in the damp niches, and weave a crown of beautiful bluebell flowers about the carved stone.
The Collection of Antiquities
4
Before it could find a hold-whilehe hung by only his right hand, twisting and kicking-Robinclawed his fingers off the edge.
Funland
5
If he didn't find a hold in a second, it would be too late, although a part of Ted Johnson thought it already might be.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
6
Nox couldn't find a hold on the stone wall, and without a nearby ledge or gargoyle to grasp, he had nowhere to go but down.
Throne of Glass
7
Again his fingers found a hold and he braced himself for the shock.
The Boy Allies at Verdun; Or, Saving France from the Enemy
8
I cringed back, but found a hold as my left hand was about to give out.
Rock and Ice Magazine
9
Sheba had found a hold with her feet and relieved somewhat the dead pull upon Elliot.
The Yukon Trail: A Tale of the North
10
He grabbed the rock, pulled himself up, hung on desperately as his other hand scrambled and found a hold.
Wastelands
11
You can only project your love into it and be quite sure that it finds a hold on the other side.
The Keeper of the Door
12
And especially in a game that produced two clearly defined moments when each team seemed to have found a hold on victory.
The Irish Times
13
"If you come any farther before I find a hold, we'll both go down," he said.
The Girl from Keller's
14
As I turned to thrust it aside before its fangs found a hold upon me, I beheld a huge Airedale leaping frantically about me.
The People That Time Forgot
15
Suddenly afraid he'd be sucked out of the palace, he tumbled end over end, and found a hold at the top of a pillar.
Samurai
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