How to Use grub in a Sentence

grub

1 of 2 verb
  • Everyone was grubbing for whatever food they could find.
  • Pink grubs fished with 1/32 -ounce dartheads are working best.
    — sacbee, 3 July 2017
  • In an interview with People, the 48-year-old opened up about her go-to grub.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 3 May 2019
  • Stanley’s stainless-steel, double-wall insulated food jar keeps grub hot for up to 12 hours.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 June 2018
  • Eleven-year-old Nan works with a gang of other kids her age, and younger, as a chimney sweep for a money-grubbing sadist named Wilkie Crudd.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2018
  • This is not to say that all doctors are money-grubbing slime; on the contrary, most doctors are conscientious and genuinely try to do right by their patients.
    — Danielle Ofri, Slate Magazine, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Jones and her son were roundly cast as villains -- and anyone who supported them, as a fool who'd been duped by the money-grubbing mother plying her child's pain for profit.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 12 Dec. 2017
  • For many Pakistanis, his reputation for personal probity sets him apart from his money-grubbing peers.
    — Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 12 July 2018
  • As mom-in-chief, Michelle Obama could correct decades-long stereotypes of black women as neglectful parents and money-grubbing welfare queens.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
  • The amateur hunters and the independent and commercial hunters aren’t all venal, money-grubbing opportunists.
    — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2018
  • In its prickliness and insistence on the messiness and ineluctable pain of life, this is very different from the pandering, gold-grubbing titles that tend to hit theaters starting around now.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Sonny’s Everyman tale revives the hope that cinema might still be a popular art form, even as the movie year heads into its ugliest, platitudinous, awards-grubbing phase.
    — Armond White, National Review, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Get our daily newsletter China’s freewheeling internet users hand plenty of precious information over to the country’s data-grubbing apps.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2019
  • The Supreme Court’s landmark 1992 Quill decision protects small businesses across the country from tax-grubbing politicians across the country.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Double-bass glissandos hint at hands grubbing in the earth, while abrupt moments of concerted action—notably, an accordion wheezing out an F-sharp-minor chord—suggest flickering signals and transmissions.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • The poor characters, too, are hopelessly stuck in their money-grubbing mind-set, fighting each other before the movie explodes, invariably, in a revolutionary convulsion of violence against their class overlords.
    — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
  • No henchmen of adversarial intelligence services or money-grubbing fraudsters are going to abide by such a magnanimous international accord—even if governments or corporations pay it lip service.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Deliciously twisty and intermittently, startlingly violent, this noirish thriller displays Harrison’s exuberance for high-stakes New York schemers — plundering financiers, money-grubbing heirs, obsessive collectors.
    — New York Times, 22 June 2017

grub

2 of 2 noun
  • Let's go get some grub.
  • Lawn grubs are pests that feed on your lawn.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
  • True love fills you up like good grub, but bad love drains you like a tub.
    — Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Raccoons, skunks, crows, and moles feed on lawn grubs.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Crankbaits, grubs, jigs and soft plastic worms are on the list.
    — Jordan Rodriguez, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Then workers make the rounds with the grub; a horse leg here, a steer head there.
    — Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Lawn grubs are white and C-shaped, about 1/2-inch long.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Diners don't have to wait until the evening to get the grub.
    — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This is when grubs are small, active, and near the surface.
    — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 8 May 2026
  • Jiminy's grain-free cookies for dogs are made with crickets and grubs.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Half the grub went into the bear can while the rest went into a bag buried in the snow.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 9 May 2022
  • The beetle has a one-year life cycle but spends most of its life in the soil as a grub.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2022
  • Find the very best grub—a clear cut, white cedar swamp, standing corn, or a food plot—and camp out.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 11 Sep. 2020
  • This guides lawn grub activity off-site and away from the lawn.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
  • And, in case the birds are hungry, the top tier also provides some grub.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
  • And, in case the birds are hungry, the top tier also provides some grub.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
  • Lawn grubs can cause major damage to your lawn, killing grass by eating the roots.
    — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
  • With radar showing a lengthy delay, at least three drivers hit the road to grab some grub.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Nestled in among the pub grub offerings was French onion soup.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Coffee in the morning, some grub, beer and brews to go in the afternoon.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Beloved game grub from burgers and sandwiches to nachos and mac and cheese.
    — azcentral, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Clever crows have been seen hooking grubs with twigs; vultures are known to crack open ostrich eggs with rocks.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2019
  • The grub has almost no action, and the spinner is nothing unique.
    — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Late summer and early fall is the time that grub damage is most likely to show up in lawns.
    — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Don’t rely on grub control products to solve a mole problem.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Lawns can be treated for grubs if the damage becomes severe.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • But so far, grub calls remain consistent with prior years.
    — Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Pick from a variety of healthy grub, like smoothies, fancy toasts, and hearty wraps.
    — Abigail Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • On top of that, the immature grubs chew through grass roots and create dead patches in your lawn.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 May 2026
  • The weevil’s young (grubs) eat the roots, turning them into a stinky, liquid pool.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024

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