1.   He seems to have a very powerful hold over the women in his life.

2.   You know Mason Colley has a powerful hold over us all.

3.   Anatomically impossible and politically suspect, she still exerts a powerful hold on the imaginations of young girls.

4.   Evidently, the idea of the Greenspan put, and the idea that the Fed can indeed avert recession, both still exert a powerful hold.

5.   Guterson has considered moving to a less-crowded island, but Bainbridge exerts a powerful hold.

6.   Moreover, it is not the only evidence that Thompson, the flamboyant apostle and avatar of gonzo journalism, still exerts a powerful hold on the American psyche.

7.   Most agree that the first two-thirds of the film exert a powerful hold and spin a fascinating web of intrigue.

8.   Strip clubs, in particular this one in Queens, had a powerful hold on him.

9.   The dream of family to save people from despair has occupied that kind of powerful hold on my imagination.

10.   This makes perfect sense, as no figure since Abraham Lincoln has exerted such a powerful hold on the American imagination.