grabble
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You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s that we want—and need—the ability to grabble with nuance and ambiguity that are inherent when our bodies and minds fail.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018
I nebber digs my taters up Wen dey's only right to grabble.
From Negro Folk Rhymes Wise and Otherwise: With a Study by Thomas Washington Talley
To grabble the bit; to seize any one's money.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Do you think you have a right to grabble my Prior Riparian Rights?
From The Discards by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter
“Rebel Yell” starts up from the sound system and, as if on cue, my son lets out a grabbled “a-woooh!”
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2015
Suddenly, the Fleshlumpeater shot out two enormous hands and grabbled the BFG around the waist.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
With white claws of foam the sea grabbled at the shore.
From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
"Oh! you see, I grabbled that in the scuffle, and slipped it into my pocket."
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers
He stood with his broad hat in his hand and out of it he grabbled a handkerchief and wiped his face.
From The Jucklins A Novel by Opie Percival Read
Other departments in California are grabbling with similar incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
‘We will swear to do what he wants, yes, yess,’ said Gollum, still twisting and grabbling at his ankle.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
And then, as if a signal has gone off that only the childrens can hear, all of their hands are reaching and grabbling and snatching.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
I heard Collins grabbling for it, somewhere in the dark of the tunnel.
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by George W. Gage
The furies of rage and rancour were grabbling at her heart, even as the leopard had scrabbled on her face.
From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley
