"At least no one grabbed anything out of my hands, but they came close to it," he said, laughing.
People grabbed anything they could: bread, vegetables, dates, and figs; sacks of flour, sugar, wheat, and barley; silverware, copperware, jewelry; blankets, mattresses.
For whatever mysterious inner reasons – a desperate neediness that makes him grab anything he's given?
"Everybody rose instantly and grabbed anything they could and dashed for the door," he said.
Sure, people had gotten in my face, but at least they hadn't grabbed anything other than my hand.
Not content with staying on the sidelines, Ms. Eglevsky said, "I would just run in a class and grab anything I could to hang on to and start dancing".
Making my way through the aisles in zombie mode - just grabbing anything and everything - I was exhausted.
Grab anything you can get your glove and bat on.
"We grab anything we can sell," Mr. Oliver says.
"We didn't have time to grab anything because the water rose too fast".
