grabbed

Example Sentences

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This bad news comes on the heels of a hantavirus outbreak onboard a Dutch cruise ship earlier this month that grabbed global attention with 11 cases, three of them fatal.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

From the meat section, I grabbed a discounted package of skirt steak — about three-quarters of a pound for roughly $6.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The pages capture the inner thoughts of someone who found himself at the center of history, as if Oppenheimer grabbed a pen and bared his soul during the Manhattan Project.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

“This one, when I grabbed it, I could tell it could be done under a certain amount, right from experience. It’s under $100.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

He grabbed it out of the air and flung it in the road, and that slowed her down some.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck