grabbed

Example Sentences

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I grabbed free snacks and a water bottle and kept walking.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

The pages capture the inner thoughts of someone who found himself at the center of history, as if Oppenheimer grabbed a pen and bared his soul during the Manhattan Project.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

K-Pop megastars BTS grabbed headlines when their huge hometown comeback show pulled in about 18.4m global viewers on Netflix, according to the streamer's own figures.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

The director also grabbed images on the fly, using his iPhone during location scouting to get close-ups of the insects and on set during forest chases.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

“You lurked around, hopin’ to lift Tansy out of the ditch just like you grabbed the snake out of the drawer, where you put it.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck