grabbled

past tense of grabble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grabbled
Verb
  • However, she was momentarily stopped when one concert goer grabbed her, violently yanking her backwards and into the barricade.
    Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The Bruins grabbed four points with back-to-back wins over the Blackhawks and Washington Capitals.
    Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In a TikTok video, the woman shared the moment when her dog, a cocker spaniel named Tiki, jumped up and snatched her burger right out of her hand.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
  • While living in Barcelona for four months, a man on a bike snatched my phone right out of my hand, leaving me stranded without a way to contact anyone.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Gaza, the same preparations were being made to receive 250 Palestinian prisoners convicted of serious crimes, and 1,700 who were seized by Israel during the war and held without charge, including 22 children.
    Richard Hall, Time, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Israel is to free some 250 Palestinians serving prison sentences, as well as around 1,700 people seized from Gaza the past two years and held without charge.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the beginning of this year, China’s AI model DeepSeek captured global attention for its low development cost and strong performance.
    , CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • After the discovery, the European Space Agency's Planetary Defense Office quickly mobilized and captured follow-up observations from Australia, using a telescope in the Las Cumbres Observatory network.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Women clutched children in their arms, weeping uncontrollably.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • As Brown crashed hard onto the orange turf of the end zone, his helmet popped off, spinning several yards while Brown continued rolling with the ball clutched in his arms.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Grabbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grabbled. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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