How to Use grabby in a Sentence

grabby

adjective
  • You need to learn to share and not be so grabby.
  • You could be fascinated by how the demon chef fried an egg with those grabby things for hands.
    — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
  • Back in the canyons, the binders never faltered and were responsive but not grabby.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Fully vaccinated is also grabby in a way that up to date is not.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 June 2022
  • The clutch engages gradually and the drum brakes aren't too grabby.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2018
  • This has only gotten worse as the baby gets more mobile and grabby himself.
    — The Washington Post, 10 June 2020
  • That’s grabby, for sure — but not really true to the spirit of the final product.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2020
  • The cold caused the snow crystals to become sharp and grabby, preventing their skis and sleds from gliding.
    — Adventure, 23 Dec. 2020
  • The brakes are appropriately strong, but not too grabby for normal use.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 19 June 2020
  • Brake feel has been redone as well and are on the edge of being too grabby upon initial application.
    — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2020
  • These washable microfiber cloths feature a super-grabby texture and come in a box of 10.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2022
  • This isn't the first time that fans have tried to get extra grabby or more involved in WWE Raw.
    — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • These ancient swimmers are thought to have preyed on slippery, squid-like cephalopods, using mouths full of dull, grabby teeth to snatch their meals out of the water.
    — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • If looking to poke holes in Horn’s skill set, the biggest one lies with Horn’s grabby nature in coverage.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2021
  • This isn’t a grabby, attention seeker of a film, but a quiet, watchful sort of movie that whispers its secrets sotto voce.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
  • We were also annoyed by the grabby brakes, whose all-or-nothing nature made smooth heel-and-toe downshifts difficult to master.
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
  • And though Horn has the athleticism to be a lockdown cornerback, his grabby approach could attract lots of penalties.
    — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2021
  • This rainbow stacker is both attractive to adults and totally engrossing for your grabby baby.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Be sure to include the key takeaway or a single grabby observation, insight, or reveal that will hook your audience.
    — Vulture Editors, Vulture, 12 May 2026
  • The system does have one remaining behavioral flaw in that, at walking speeds, the brakes sometimes can be annoyingly grabby.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 18 July 2017
  • After the grabby initial setup, there’s one major surprise remaining.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Horn isn’t without his faults (too grabby in coverage), but no prospect is, and his strengths significantly outweigh the negatives.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The marijuana industry isn't alone in trying to anticipate what will catch a grabby toddler's eye.
    — CBS News, 2 Oct. 2017
  • In this line of work, a PR pitch occasionally works its magic with grabby adjectives, leaving you no choice but to click play.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Jan. 2022
  • What a waste that in practice, the film would turn out to be the plainest version of itself, all but bereft of the knowing humor and grabby perversion that makes this disreputable genre great.
    — Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 19 May 2021
  • These versions often aren’t particularly explosive or even all that grabby.
    — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Aston does offer carbon-ceramic brakes, which previous reviewers have complained were too grabby, so pick your poison.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 23 June 2020
  • And six-piston Brembo front brake calipers endow the V with a firmer and more responsive brake pedal, though its initial bite comes off as a bit too grabby for our tastes.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 13 June 2022
  • At this point, though, the most exciting part of a Ryan Murphy project tends to be the announcement, a list of stars hooked on to a potentially grabby idea.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
  • Readers cut corners, often sharing stories with grabby headlines before looking deeper into the story itself.
    — Monique Brouillette, National Geographic, 18 Sep. 2020

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