grabby
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With “Sheriff Country,” the most popular series on Bruckheimer’s CBS roster, his team spins a grabby tale for 2026 while grinding out the network quota of a 20-episode season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
The hotel’s dilapidation — to say nothing of its grubby, grabby, mostly male clientele — is a far cry from the yacht parties the women were recently enjoying in Sydney.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
"The effect is congruent with the disappearance of instrumental intros in the grabby era of streaming, but it's also that of a person wanting to get something off their chest."
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
Perhaps — if you know something they do not, such as if your grabby guest is ill.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2023
He would rather talk to Frolic, the old, overweight dog asleep on the floor, than to Matthew and Annabelle, with their grabby hands and screechy giggles.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
Writer-director Paul Shoulberg effectively captures the spooky, “Shining”-like vibe of Koryta’s story; although given the rich source material, this movie should be a lot grabbier than it is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
And I’m so sorry you had to rehome your dog as your baby got grabbier.
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2018
Certainly Earthquake's phony vibes are grabbier than any of the writing or acting, which is perfunctory even by the rather primitive standards of the disaster genre.
From Time Magazine Archive
