nabbed; nabbing
Examples of nab in a Sentence
We nabbed seats in the front row of the theater.
the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape
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Romance is a lovely thing, but not when an online love connection is about to nab you for $3,000 ‒ or much, much more.
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
He got nabbed after almost 14 years on the lam, some of them spent teaching scuba in Egypt.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
After nabbing a bronze medal in the twenty-kilometre biathlon, Lægreid took an interview that quickly became a tearful monologue, not about his sport but about personal matters.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Canada opened round robin play 1-3 before clawing back to nab a medal.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
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Susan Tompor, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
He got nabbed after almost 14 years on the lam, some of them spent teaching scuba in Egypt.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
After nabbing a bronze medal in the twenty-kilometre biathlon, Lægreid took an interview that quickly became a tearful monologue, not about his sport but about personal matters.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
Canada opened round robin play 1-3 before clawing back to nab a medal.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nab
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“Nab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nab. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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nab
verb
nabbed; nabbing
1
: to seize and take into custody : arrest
2
: to seize suddenly
especially
: steal entry 1 sense 2a
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