in snatches
Example Sentences
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Freddy’s memories from those long months come in snatches — moments where he regained consciousness, hooked up to machines to breathe for him, clinging to life.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 18, 2022
Mr. Martino said his muscle memory returned in snatches as he recovered many of his old techniques.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2021
My memories of the hours that followed come in snatches.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2020
Competitors have to sleep in snatches of 20 minutes as they battle the Atlantic, then the iceberg-strewn Southern Ocean, round Cape Horn and struggle back through the Atlantic to the finish at Les Sables.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2013
Music came in snatches as if the wind only carried what it chose to bring to them, brief moments of rhythm, a piece of song, a distant hint of melody.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
