in snatches
Example Sentences
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In early 2023, she said, students started stampeding into her library before school, during lunch and in snatches between classes to play chess at a handful of tables.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023
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
My memories of the hours that followed come in snatches.
From Slate • Oct. 2, 2020
City played like champions in snatches here, whereas United, who will soon in spite of it all be champions again, played like the tired, spirited, but creatively limited team of the last three weeks.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 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
