grub up

Example Sentences

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Taylor held the pale, wriggling grub up to Adina’s face.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

“Nobody ain’t got no time tuh hold yo’ grub up in front uh yo’ face,” she told Coodemay.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

I fear all our bushes are so large that there is nothing which we are at all likely to grub up.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James

Ah, that's the stuff we used to grub up in a creek in Californy.

From The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia by Spears, John R.

"I wa'n't lookin' to grub up just yet," says he.

From Side-stepping with Shorty by Ford, Sewell