The word "grabbed" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it to describe the action of someone taking hold of something quickly. For example: "The thief grabbed the bag and ran away."
Director Sarah Maldoror studied in Moscow, worked on the classic The Battle of Algiers, then grabbed African cinema by the scruff of the neck, forcing it to engage with feminism, loss and movie aesthetics.
Outlining his story in a matter-of-fact manner, the controlling killer told the operator: "I grabbed the knife and stabbed him in the back of the neck, I believe somewhere near the brain stem.
My girlfriend – bless her heart – grabbed her MacBook and commenced shopping.
Gokhan Tore gave the Turkish side the lead a minute after half-time but Tom De Sutter equalised in the 62nd minute and 11 minutes from time Lior Refaelov grabbed the winner from the penalty spot after Felipe Gedoz had been fouled.
Deeney grabbed the opener in the 54th minute when he headed in a cross from Adlène Guedioura, and the captain made the game safe from the penalty spot in stoppage time.
We grabbed a shared taxi and I tried to talk to the man next to me, but he looked at me blankly.
Daniels is speaking to the European press ("The Guardian's rough. It's rough, baby! It's like the [New York] Times on steroids. Careful!" ) alongside Taraji P Henson, who has grabbed the role of Cookie and made her the most quoted character on American telly.
Riot police grabbed Sannikov, pushed him to the ground and then beat him savagely.
Terry!" She grabbed a mop to damp down the heat, but the air outside was scorching, and intolerable.
The group of students allege that police then grabbed one of them by the neck for up to five seconds and pushed him, causing bruising.
Others accused her of classic western primitivism, arguing that her work grabbed at non-western images (most obviously, that repertoire of ancient Egyptian figures and motifs) to give it a spicily exotic edge.
