grabble
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You could ache for the cozy city of the past in “The Royal Tenenbaums” or grabble with the schism of everything suddenly feeling different in “Mulholland Drive.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s that we want—and need—the ability to grabble with nuance and ambiguity that are inherent when our bodies and minds fail.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018
The father of the family, however, was quick to perceive his son's offence against good manners, and corrected him in a loud whisper: 'Moosn't grabble yer han' 'moong the 'tators here!'
From Art in England Notes and Studies by Dutton Cook
And there's few of the police would like to grabble with them.
From Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish by Lady Gregory
He engaged some boys to grabble out the nuts from the sand beds, urging care, but many of the best were broken and injured.
From Walnut Growing in Oregon by Jacob Calvin Cooper
“Rebel Yell” starts up from the sound system and, as if on cue, my son lets out a grabbled “a-woooh!”
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2015
Suddenly, the Fleshlumpeater shot out two enormous hands and grabbled the BFG around the waist.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
"Oh! you see, I grabbled that in the scuffle, and slipped it into my pocket."
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers
Ed King and Jim Maxwell each had a sack of sweet potatoes, grabbled in a field a mile and a half away.
From A History of Lumsden's Battery, C.S.A. by James Robert Maxwell
He stood with his broad hat in his hand and out of it he grabbled a handkerchief and wiped his face.
From The Jucklins A Novel by Opie Percival Read
Other departments in California are grabbling with similar incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
And then, as if a signal has gone off that only the childrens can hear, all of their hands are reaching and grabbling and snatching.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
‘We will swear to do what he wants, yes, yess,’ said Gollum, still twisting and grabbling at his ankle.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
The speaker slowly rose, grabbling the face of the rock.
From John March, Southerner by George W. Cable
We jumped over the fence, and commenced grabbling for the sweet potatoes.
From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Sam R. Watkins
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