snatch
verb (used without object)
to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually followed byat ).
were snatching
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past progressiveof snatch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“Elena takes risks which I love,” Tinashe told me as stylists were snatching her into a corseted dress that looked like it was made of remixed jerseys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
Inside, she said, she and other people were snatching up items straight from cardboard boxes that employees had not even unloaded onto the shelves.
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2022
"Even at the qualifiers we were probably rated the lowest and so obviously it was a situation whereby we were snatching victories from the jaws of defeat."
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2020
His team used tiny spy cameras to investigate why, and discovered that, every spring, coyotes were snatching the geese’s eggs.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2015
A few stragglers were snatching at their magnolias and camellias in panic.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
