snatched

Example Sentences

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On Tuesday, police confirmed McSweeney had reported his phone was snatched in October last year, but the case had been closed.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

He approached, climbed the cottonwood tree and snatched a single pale-blue egg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Laura McVay, who works in palliative care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said the big cat snatched her brown 5½-year-old, pint-sized shih tzu named Declan around 11:30 p.m. mere “feet away from the door.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

He snatched provisional top spot in beautiful, sunny conditions, but could only watch with bated breath as his understudy took to the start hut.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

With a pot holder I snatched up the beaker and ran to the window in the dining room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom