Synonyms

1. snap
2. grab
3. catch

Sentence Examples

1. Was he planning to make a rush for the young woman at the very moment of the sacrifice, and boldly snatch her from her executioners?
2. I see in his face a little snatch of how it must feel to be stuck here with someone you care for far away.
3. On entering the village, I snatch glances at the flat fields of cactus flanking the road, interspersed with farmhouses and villas.
4. And to prove it, thou knowest already, Sancho, by experience which cannot lie or deceive, how easy it is for enchanters to change one countenance into another, turning fair into foul, and foul into fair for it is not two days since thou sawest with thine own eyes the beauty and elegance of the peerless Dulcinea in all its perfection and natural harmony, while I saw her in the repulsive and mean form of a coarse country wench, with cataracts in her eyes and a foul smell in her mouth and when the perverse enchanter ventured to effect so wicked a transformation, it is no wonder if he effected that of Samson Carrasco and thy gossip in order to snatch the glory of victory out of my grasp.
5. She wanted to snatch every last moment with Kila she could have.
6. I snatch a glance at the low sunlight slicing through the rickety door.
7. I was able to get into her study seconds after she stepped out, and I managed to snatch this from the fire before it could catch.
8. Each time the boy lunged for it, one teen would snatch it back and toss it to the other.
9. The Biscayan, when he saw him coming on, though he wished to dismount from his mule, in which, being one of those sorry ones let out for hire, he had no confidence, had no choice but to draw his sword it was lucky for him, however, that he was near the coach, from which he was able to snatch a cushion that served him for a shield and they went at one another as if they had been two mortal enemies.
10. At other times, so they tell me when they find me in a rational mood, I sally out upon the road, and though they would gladly give it me, I snatch food by force from the shepherds bringing it from the village to their huts.