And suddenly the dragon's hold loosened, and he fell back into the lake.

After a few minutes, Rod's hold loosened; he stepped back to gaze up at his son with pride.

His hold on my arm had loosened in the struggle, and he was forced to lower me.

He felt something give under the impact, and the creature's hold loosened on him but didn't come entirely free.

Murray's hold on the book loosened, and it slid out of her hands.

His hold, tight enough that the fingers of the hand it controlled were beginning to grow numb, didn't loosen.

The robot's hold on him did not loosen even for a moment.

His hold on her didn't loosen, even a fraction, and she wondered, irritated, what it took to wear him out!

The man's eyes went wide with shock and pain and his hold on her hair loosened abruptly.

The conservative hold on the national electorate is loosening.