1.   The wolves are growling right outside our walls, and the gate damn well better hold.

2.   Apparently he felt it had gotten the better hold of him.

3.   But the Seattle club better hold off printing any World Series tickets just yet.

4.   Losing two of the tankers broke the rhythm of the firefighting effort, allowing the blaze to get a better hold on the northwest flank, Smith said.

5.   Screws are substantially more stable than pins, much the way a screw drilled into wood holds better than a nail.

6.   The anti-Communist opposition and independent analysts charged the ruling party was trying to get a better hold on the state media before local-level elections in October.