1.   He eased his grip, then let go completely.

2.   She gave me a gooey smile and then eased her grip.

3.   Arctic chill will ease its grip Monday across the Great Lakes and Northeast.

4.   Jovan Zametica, a senior Bosnian Serb official, suggested that the Serbs were not about to ease their grip on the city or their pressure on Western governments.

5.   One reason Gulf states are reluctant to ease their grip on their economies is a fear of provoking social unrest, according to regional economists.

6.   One side effect, intended or not, is that the government is gradually easing its grip on the economy.

7.   The Albanian economy, no longer sealed off from the world, has begun to revive and the old ideological tyranny has eased its grip.

8.   With a conspicuous sigh, the Stars eased that grip from around their own necks last night.

9.   Bosnian Serb military commander Gen. Ratko Mladic, whose refusal to ease his grip on Sarajevo led to the airstrikes, is from the Kalinovik area.

10.   But the government is still reluctant to ease its grip.