1.   The cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection.

2.   He drove straight through the storm, never loosening his death grip on the steering wheel.

3.   And they held on to the dream with a death grip, a grip tighter than their hold on a swirling bull or a diving, ducking bronc.

4.   A golf grip turns into a death grip.

5.   A moment later, maintaining a death grip on his flyrod, Klondike waded out of the water, dripping like a soggy dog.

6.   Alcohol has a death grip on this nation, and the statistics on drownings and other injuries show vividly how powerful that grip is.

7.   After the show, Elvis held my hand in a death grip as we ran the short distance from the stage door to the waiting limo.

8.   Glancing down, I am surprised to see that I still have a death grip on the oars.

9.   He has an affectionate death grip on the stylish and the ephemeral, and he can squeeze them till they squeal.

10.   However, any wood when thick and wet will close up on a bandsaw blade and hold it in a death grip.