But now the man held her life in his hand.

Most of them have held only one job their entire lives, and are not likely to start looking for new work now.

I'm going to hold a human being's life in my hands.

This man held her life in his hands, but she didn't fear him.

He's the one who holds our lives in his hands.

You hold my life as a small thing between the fingers of your hands.

You seem to hold human life at a cheap price.

I hold your last lives in the palm of my hand.

"Is that how you talk to the one who holds your life in her hand?"

"He held my life in his hand, with two and a half pounds of pressure."