I mean, that human affections and sympathies have a most powerful hold on you.

Those who control trade will always have a powerful hold upon the rulers.

"Human affections and sympathies have a most powerful hold on you."

Whatever their true numbers, the dead retain a powerful hold on this city.

No question that religion has a powerful hold on the cultural consciousness these days.

Why do they have such a powerful hold on our imaginations?

That's been conservative dogma for decades, with a powerful hold over many Americans.

Who would deny that food and cookbooks can have a powerful emotional hold?

Derek and Lucas couldn't be more different, but they both have a powerful hold on her heart.

He had a powerful hold upon his followers, and used them to defy the law of that day.