How to Use grab at/for in a Sentence

grab at/for

phrasal verb

• Look for the Wild to grab at least six points in this stretch.
  — Star Tribune, 6 Mar. 2021
• Cut the chocolate revel bars in slices and grab for an on-the-go snack.
  — Bhg Test Kitchen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2023
• The girls were screaming and crying and trying to grab at him.
  — Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 24 May 2024
• In Georgia, a winner needs to grab at least 50 percent of the vote.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
• Lamb only caught five passes for 45 yards, but his 27-yard grab at the end of the first half was pure artistry.
  — Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2022
• Also, the high armrests are good to grab for support in getting out of the seat.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• Footage from the event showed Trump grab at his right ear and go down after gunshots rang out.
  — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2024
• There was an uncalled facemask grab at the end of it, but that happens.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Nov. 2022
• Johnson is the only rookie on that list to grab at least five rebounds in the same game.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• Jalen Guyton had a huge grab at the final 2-minute warning.
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Dec. 2020
• Walsh found his favorite target Brian Lloyd down the right sideline who went up to make the grab for the score.
  — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
• García, of the Texas Rangers, made another leaping grab at the warning track in the fourth.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• Jakara Anthony’s back flip with a grab at the bottom of the women’s moguls course sewed up the gold medal for the Australian.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2022
• Davidson made the grab at the 10, a put a little inside-outside move on the defender for the score.
  — Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• The suspect then puts the bag of items on his bike and rides toward the guard, who attempts to grab at the bag but allows the person to pass.
  — Eric Levenson and Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 16 June 2021
• David Peralta made a leaping grab at the wall on Austin Nola's long fly ball in the eighth.
  — CBS News, 14 Aug. 2021
• Use the zippers on the sides to open and close them quickly, plus there’s a handy tab to grab at the back to make the boots easier to pull off your foot.
  — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023
• Then one of them appears to grab at her face with the intent, Hansen said, of removing her mask.
  — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2020
• In the struggle that followed, Lyoya appeared to grab at Schurr’s Taser.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• The potential for a fight to break out, for someone to grab at Phil, for something screwy to happen, was high.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 May 2021
• At another point, candy parachutes would rain from the ceiling for the stars to grab at.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
• Most of those are $10 ear buds that people grab at big box stores like Walmart or at airport stores.
  — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• Disney is making a land grab for 2027 movie release dates.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
• Instead of a revolution, the week turned into a large-scale grab for goods.
  — Sisonke Msimang, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
• Smashed his entire weight against my skeletal brother, pinning him against the fridge, trying to grab at the CZ 75.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
• Yet the seeds of the world are suffering a crisis, thanks to Big Agriculture and its power grab for the planet's seeds.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 14 July 2023
• One more followed in the fourth when Soto, in foul territory, made a leaping grab at the wall in right.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024
• Beyond that: Sci-fi fans really need to grab at least one of the streaming services.
  — Mike Hughes, The Enquirer, 24 Sep. 2020
• Do small hands grab at your clothes after wiping their runny noses at your teaching job?
  — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2024
• Lyle and Erik claimed that their mother and father abused them, but prosecutors alleged that the crime was a grab at the family fortune.
  — Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024