Sentence examples for a stray snatch from inspiring English sources

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When Eilis is about to leave for America, a stray snatch of dialogue with an unnamed neighbour catches all that her mother does not say to her.

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We've all pranced across the pub to snatch a stray stool for a friend who has yet to arrive, and many of us have issued a firm yes when asked, "Is this chair taken?" The chair knows better, though, for its ownership is defined by kidnapping.

Do it like the Cantonese have been doing for centuries: Buy one from some poor peasant if you can or snatch a stray off the street.

He snatched a stray ball in the lane and threw up a swish.

But he just couldn't help himself, any more than the shuffling sewer monster can help snatching a stray puppy by the tail and sucking it down a storm drain.

See how to catch a stray cat.

He was a stray.

Adopt a stray!

A stray taxi crawls by.

Most everyone else seems like a stray.

Any sight of a stray "tireless" there?

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