seize up

My body had started to seize up after the long rest.

Everything had happened so quickly that his mind seemed to have seized up.

The financial side of the markets began to seize up.

But his back started to seize up shortly after he left the court.

He was a stiff man by nature and now his back had seized up on him.

Three weeks and 2,300 miles later, the engine seized up.

It seized up a little in the heat, and began to sweat.

Some he set to seize up what gold and goods they could.

His brain had seized up, and he was unable to think or move.

We kept on trying even after Earth had gone, until the last generator seized up.

Just kept pumping gas into her until she finally seized up.

It made her real, easier to look at without feeling my brain seize up.

But the lofty rates have also seized up the economy.

The most carefully designed machine in the world will seize up if over worked.

His chest seized up with the urge to tell her what she wanted to hear.

He tried to move his left leg but found that the knee had seized up.

A lock clicked into place, and her heart seized up.

This will keep the skin from seizing up during the baking.

It will never seize up or turn bitter as chocolate can.

General Electric, which built the engines, says they did not seize up.

Her heart seized up and beat painfully against the stress.

"Got to keep these bones of mine moving or they'll seize up."

They seized up the bird and carried it back to the camp.

The tractor would run, as is, probably, for about five minutes before it seized up forever.

In the hall, he seized up the telephone, began a quick conversation.