Sentence examples for a snatch of from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a snatch of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a small portion or fragment of something, often in the context of music, conversation, or text.
Example: "As I walked by the café, I caught a snatch of their lively conversation about the upcoming festival."
Alternatives: "a snippet of" or "a fragment of".

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He played a snatch of that song, then stopped abruptly.

A snatch of music came over the loudspeaker.

"M" gets you, say, a snatch of Renaissance melody to accompany a lute player by Titian.

Here is a snatch of the lyrics: Only Hell's fire burns hotter    than all my blood . . .

If you ride to the end of a line, a recording plays a snatch of Chopin.

"It's Jelly Roll Morton," he said, playing a snatch of rollicking music.

There's even a snatch of Puccini's La Bohème transformed into blues.

He croons a snatch of Kiss's babe-it's-lonely-on-the-road ballad Beth.

Here is a snatch of the lyrics: Only Hell's fire burns hotter than all my blood . . .

This is partly because it still takes most computers too long to download even a snatch of music.

Marshalling actors and designers, he relives such banal non-events as a snatch of small talk in a hallway.

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