taking hold in a sentence

Examples

1. Reality, it seemed, was having a hard time taking hold.
2. As they take hold, seedlings of native trees are added.
3. It was 1997, and gentrification was taking hold in Atlanta.
4. As the depression takes hold, banks fail and bankruptcies spread.
5. That's likely to take hold at other levels over time.
6. In India, the idea of globalization is finally taking hold.
7. However, this idea did not take hold in many places.
8. Still, efforts to retain customers are beginning to take hold.
9. Even so, a domino effect appears to be taking hold.
10. Violence is reduced, but the truce does not take hold.