GRAB in a Sentence

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For GRAB, below is one of 56 sentences:
Finally one of them called a policeman, who came and grabbed Jurgis by the collar, and jerked him to his feet, bewildered and terrified.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRAB
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
grab
 v.  take or grasp suddenly; snatch; capture
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  But I bet I make prett near as much as Westlake and McGanum both together, though I've never wanted to grab more than my just share.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  He might grab that wad of bills and be out of sight in the darkness before the other could collect his wits.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
4  He looked very dubious; but I made a grab at his arm, and he understood at once I meant him to steer whether or no.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
5  She sot down," said Joe, "and she got up, and she made a grab at Tickler, and she Ram-paged out.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
6  As I did the same I felt the hand of the man behind me grab at my ankle, but I kicked myself free and scrambled over a grass-strewn coping.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
7  But maybe they would grab him, and if he were thrown down on the ground he would lose all the advantage he, in a certain respect, had over them.
The Trial By Franz Kafka
Context  Highlight   In Chapter One Arrest - Conversation with Mrs. Grubach - The...
8  Enraptured at this evidence of her affection, he grabbed up her fan and plied it so enthusiastically her hair began to blow about untidily.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
9  She grabbed hold of the door to shut it with a bang, but the hook which held it open was too heavy for her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  Prissy made a lunge past her, bent on flight, but Scarlett grabbed her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  She grabbed his arm and felt her tears of fright splash down her wrist.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  Finally one of them called a policeman, who came and grabbed Jurgis by the collar, and jerked him to his feet, bewildered and terrified.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
13  He was escaping with his prize when a young girl rushed from the house and grabbed the animal's mane.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
14  Once he grabbed the youth by the arm.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
15  At the same instant his friend grabbed it from the other side.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
Example Sentence: (26 in 2 pages)
1  You can copy the list from that email, but it's also nice to grab from the collection on your hard drive.
2  I reach up to grab the next chair so that I can toddle on my merry way.
3  The wide receiver will lunge forward to grab the football.
4  The child was delighted with the bauble she had won in the grab bag.
5  The liberals you're trying to impress simply need some thin fig leaf to grab on to and hide behind.
6  As indeed it was; for as sorely as Tom's hands itched to grab for it they did not dare -- he believed his soul would be instantly destroyed if he did such a thing while the prayer was going on.
7  A businessman should grab at any chance to make a profit.
8  Don't grab at the balloons, children - there are plenty for everyone.
9  Those who seek to grab power through violence deserve punishment.
10  Somebody tried to grab her handbag from her.
11  The officer grabbed him by the arm.
12  One woman, close to hysteria, grabbed my arm.
13  He grabbed me by the arm.
14  He grabbed her arm and hustled her out of the room.
15  She grabbed the boy and dragged him away.