Example Sentences
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In his glass-walled living room, Hany Farid and I watched a viral video called “Golden Eagle Snatches Kid,” which appears to show a bird of prey swooping down upon a toddler in a Montreal park.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 5, 2018
Snatches of what appear to be Buccmaster’s past, when he traveled by boat through England’s marshy eastern Fens, drift through his mind as the prose takes on a similar cadence to The Wake:
From Slate • Jul. 26, 2017
Snatches of conversation can be heard in the streets.
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2017
Snatches of recordings of various standards — from “Anything Goes” to “I’ll Be Seeing You” — are sprinkled throughout.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2016
Snatches of their conversation fluttered to me as they discussed Barbee's talk with enthusiasm, recalled the times of the Founder, their quavering voices weaving and embroidering his story.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
