Definition of "gripped" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of grip. (verb)

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• "It was the last straw, but Martin gripped the arms of his chair and talked and listened for half an hour."
• "In his recent editorial in The New York Times entitled "The Question-Driven Life," columnist David Brooks wrote about his encounter with Philip Leakey, a man he describes as "gripped with some sort of compulsive curiosity.""
• "The door was pushed open, revealing a nervous looking youth with a huge tin gripped in both hands."