1.   My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy of the book that was to identify me to her.

2.   Steel fingers gripped her arm, while the fingers of his other hand closed tightly around her chin.

3.   He was tall and sinewy, and his fingers gripped her arms with a steely strength.

4.   . . . and as her fingers gripped the handle of the old pickup, she watched her lover turn and walk out of her life.

5.   Gloved fingers grip handlebars.

6.   He is reaching around me, but suddenly I feel his hand at my throat, his fingers gripping.

7.   He stood in the shadows of a brick dugout, his fingers gripping the link fence in front of him, a concern evident in his face.

8.   My frozen fingers could scarcely grip the pen afterward, but I made a note of it.