But now the man held her life in his hand.

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

The patterns continued for several years as she tried to hold her life together.

You seem to hold human life at a cheap price.