grabbing

Example Sentences

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Once you’re in the store, make sure you’re checking prices at the top and the bottom of the shelf before grabbing what you need.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

The market was so large, though, that grabbing even a small percentage of it would produce revenue that exceeded NASA’s entire budget, Musk told biographer Walter Isaacson.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Like other reality TV- and social media-made politicians who’ve moved into politics, Pratt is proficient at reinventing himself and grabbing attention.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Throughout the campaign we saw the parties fighting it out to organically secure a spot on people's social media feeds by grabbing attention and speak directly to voters.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

All the children began making alligators out of their hands, snapping them like big jaws, grabbing each other's sleeves and pulling fiercely, the way they imagined real alligators would.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry