How to use snatch in a sentence

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• A vagrant gust of wind snatched the note from my grasp.From the entry grasp
• The center fielder made an athletic play to snatch the ball from over the fence.From the entry athletic
• The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish.From the entry swoop
• Lucinda impressed her class when she revealed how snatched she was under her baggy sweatshirt.From the entry snatched
• They knocked him out and snatched his chain.From the entry chain
• After snatching my handbag he just legged it.From the entry leg it
• He snatched my serviette and swiftly origamied a swan.From the entry origami
• Sophie snatched everyone's edges with her last album.From the entry snatch someone's edges
• A feeding strategy of some birds is to sally out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch.From the entry sally
• All you could see of the alligator were two eyes above the water, then suddenly it snatched up and caught the poor bird with strong jaws full of sharp teeth.From the entry alligator
• She explains that with fox tox, the brows appear snatched while the eyes look elongated and youthful.2024 December 5, Jessica Fields, quoting Melanie Marris, “2 Brow Looks We’re Going to See Everywhere in 2025, According to a Celeb Brow…. From the entry fox tox
• The mountain lion’s only knowledge of the world comes through snatches of human conversation.2023 July 28, Rahul Raina, “Open Throat by Henry Hoke review – inside the mind of a queer mountain lion”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry TikTokable
• The jacket shows off my snatched waist, thanks to the corset underneath.2021 November 10, Lilith McCall, Make You Love Me, After Hours Publications, →ISBN. From the entry snatched waist
• There was a brief shower of blue sparks; Harrow snatched her hand back, amazed and furious.2019 September 10, Tamsyn Muir, chapter 20, in Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb; 1), New York, N.Y.: Tor.com, published 2020, →ISBN, act 3. From the entry little nail
• They snatch smartphones from pedestrians, then sell the items on the black market.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security…. From the entry plague
• Every time she got close to eating some delicious waffley goodness, fate cruelly snatched that chance away.2017–2020, Laura Greenwood, Skye MacKinnon, Seven Wardens: The Complete Collection, Peryton Press. From the entry waffley
• Before the old woman could shove the drawing into her pocket, Rachel snatched it from her hand.2017 January 3, Patience Griffin, chapter 5, in It Happened in Scotland (Kilts and Quilts; 6), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN…. From the entry take it, or leave it
• The father of the small family snatched a syrniki from the plate in front of him.2017, C[hristopher] T[odd] Wente, chapter 50, in The Nearly Departed, [Scotts Valley, Calif.]: CreateSpace, →ISBN, page 499. From the entry syrniki
• Tommo tries to snatch his rucksack back, and Shayne stands, holding it out tauntingly.2015, James Graham, Tory Boyz, page 52. From the entry Tommo
• “You must see what I’ve found.” She snatched up the books and held them out.2013, Kirby Larson, Hattie Ever After, New York, N.Y.: Ember, Random House Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry Abe Lincoln
• He snatched Granny Glee's frilly pink hat with his little feet.2012, John Sazaklis, Candy Store Caper, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry yoink
• So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.2012 October 27, “The economy: Don’t say ‘green shoots’: Britain emerges from its second recession in four years”, in The Economist…. From the entry fitful
• Bank swallows are skimming above the stream, snatching insects, curvetting, rocketing up against the dying light.2011, Guy Vanderhaeghe, chapter 2, in A Good Man, McClelland & Stewart. From the entry curvet
• As the game entered three minutes of stoppage time, both sides almost snatched the win.2011 June 4, Phil McNulty, “England 2 - 2 Switzerland”, in BBC. From the entry settle for
• "I had been calling Papa on my farspeaker when I was snatched here."2011, James Rollins, Jake Ransom and the Howling Sphinx. From the entry farspeaker
• "Scuse me," a voice said cheerfully, "can I snatch you guyses Tabasco sauce?"2010, Mary Sojourner, Going Through Ghosts, page 44. From the entry guyses
• Don’t people realize that snatching your purse is just gonna end up in an AMBER alert?2010 December 2, Eric Spitznagel, “Kirsten Dunst on Bad Boys, Nude Scenes, and Beatnik Boot Camp”, in Graydon Carter, editor, Vanity Fair…. From the entry amber alert
• Even an unsavvy consumer can see a benefit in snatching free products.2009 August 30, Damon Darlin, “Using ‘Free’ to Turn a Profit”, in New York Times. From the entry unsavvy

Meaning of snatch

1. verb To grasp and remove quickly.
2. verb To attempt to seize something suddenly.
3. verb To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.

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Questions about snatch in a sentence

How do you use snatch in a sentence?

Snatch is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He snatched up the phone.”

What is a short sentence with snatch?

“to snatch a kiss”

What does snatch mean?

Snatch means to grasp and remove quickly.