Sentence examples for could not grab from inspiring English sources

He heard distant sirens, but still could not grab the man's arm.

Nick Johnson lined a bullet to left center that a diving Melky Cabrera could not grab.

The Yankees kept playing and trying and hoping, but they could not grab the bill.

But in Sally's case, the recipient had withdrawn the money through ATMs, so Nationwide could not grab it back.

"I wish I could have worn long sleeves," said Jacobs, adding that he let his arms go bare so that tacklers could not grab his sleeves.

Mr. Hudner clambered onto the wing of Mr. Brown's plane, but his boots, slick with ice and snow, slid and he could not grab his friend.

I'm not that wiped I couldn't grab you.

"He was saying, 'I couldn't grab my brother.

I couldn't grab my brother,' " she recalled.

"They couldn't grab on to much, and they were walking just like we were".

I felt like I was falling into a hole, and I couldn't grab the sides".