How to Use snatch at in a Sentence

snatch at

verb
  • Few tables can still be snatched at popular restaurants, and dozens of idling Range Rovers line up along the beloved farm stands.
    — Sylvie Bigar, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The Brazil international had hit the woodwork multiple times and was snatching at chances.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • After their escape, the Yemassee macaques stayed close to the facility, snatching at the apples that surrounded the traps and cooing at the troop members who remained behind the fence.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Big Papi was courteous and gentlemanly, unlike Grabby, who snatched at pens, glasses, hair—whatever was in sight.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The 2013 and 2015 Denver offenses featured at least two tight ends in each of those campaigns who’d snatched at least 25 targets during the regular season.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 May 2026

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