grabbed

Example Sentences

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“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

Ed King and Jim Maxwell each had a sack of sweet potatoes, grabbled in a field a mile and a half away.

From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by Maxwell, James Robert

Some of them cleft the rocks with great axes; others grabbled in the sand.

From A House of Pomegranates by Wilde, Oscar

With white claws of foam the sea grabbled at the shore. 

From A House of Pomegranates by Wilde, Oscar