The next he emerged, and a few strokes of his broad wing carried him into the air, while a large fish was seen Griped in his claws.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
Ray's pale, anxious face turned all sorts of colors when the general jumped up from his chair and Griped his hand like a vise, and looked into his brave young eyes and said things to him that filled them with tears and his soul with confusion.
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King
As they Griped them fast, the others advanced eagerly to fasten the bands, he looked calmly up, but it was a dreadful calm; it spoke of despair, of the full completion of all woe.
"The Scottish Chiefs"
Jane Porter