grabbled

past tense of grabble

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for grabbled
Verb
  • When Kennedy approached the rider and grabbed the handlebars to check whether the bike was registered, the rider refused to get off and allegedly tried to pull away.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
  • Maura Higgins, breakout star of The Traitors, grabbed her best tennis whites to ace the style assignment at Wimbledon 2026.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Your rich location history and device data get snatched up regularly in such fences by private companies; your present and past self travels through them constantly.
    Anne Toomey McKenna, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • But the fear of being snatched by ICE agents remains, Neel said.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Councilmember Monica Rodriguez, who voted against the proposal in mid-June, voiced fears that the list of noncitizen voters would immediately be seized by federal immigration authorities.
    Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Russia’s military on Saturday claimed to have seized the city of Kostiantynivka, a key defensive hub in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • The beautiful Grace Kelly captured the world's attention and imagination (and still does) for decades, but no one was more enamored by the actress than Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
    Freya Drohan, InStyle, 30 June 2026
  • The exchange was captured by Redman’s body camera footage during a stop involving immigrants.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Allowance clutched in hot hands, the neighborhood kids come together to choose among ice pops, Italian ice, and all kinds of colorful ice cream treats.
    Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Parents, 2 July 2026
  • Women clutched photographs of sons and brothers killed in the war — many of them fighting for Hezbollah — while others held photographs of Nasrallah or Iran’s Khamenei.
    Fadi Tawil, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
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“Grabbled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grabbled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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