snatch
verb (used without object)
to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed byat ).
is snatching
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present progressiveof snatch (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Someone is snatching the town’s mighty wrestlers, the beloved luchadores.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Bernier denies that he is snatching support mainly from the Conservatives.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2021
O’Shea said the appeal of doorbuster sales is snatching up big-ticket items, such as electronics.
From MSNBC ● Nov. 28, 2014
The girl is a nice French teacher named Miss Piano, whose forte is snatching the conversational ball from a man and running with it farther and more knowledgeably than he ever could.
From Time Magazine Archive
Here lies the sleeping fisherman, worn out probably with hours of hauling at the heavy nets, who is snatching a chance hour of repose, prone upon his chest with face buried in his crossed arms.
From The Naples Riviera by Herbert M. (Herbert Millingchamp) Vaughan
