Grabbed

Examples

• Do you want to be grabbed, stupid? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Oh, the fellows evidently grabbed hold of everything they could get. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then Agustín grabbed his arm and pointed and he looked across the gorge and saw Pablo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• When he stopped, a breathless policeman grabbed him by the throat and ordered him to drop his parcel and explain matters, as a suspicious character. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• I grabbed the whole thing and threw it in the sink, and poured water on it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• One man came to the booth, grabbed a pencil, and attempted to write a message to Boston. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Club yourself,' I said and I hit him hard where it would hurt him and it hurt him and he dropped his hands from my head and grabbed himself and said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The other one grabbed me from behind and pulled my arm up so that it twisted in the socket. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• I turned with him and the other one grabbed me around the neck. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.

Edited by Laurence