Sentence examples for he grabbed for from inspiring English sources

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He grabbed for the gunwales.

He grabbed for the edge.

On the way to the theater, he grabbed for her hand.

My mom yipped and yelped and there was a squeal — my dad definitely squealed — as he grabbed for the volume knob and cranked it up.

He never would have become president without their votes, but, once in office, instead of being inclusive, at every turn he grabbed for more power.

Johnson let Piazza's grounder go off his glove, tried to recover and straddled the bag with both legs as he grabbed for the ball with his bare hand.

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Should he grab for his gun?

"All those dark crazy 808 beats, those are the ones he grabs for the mixtapes, where he's like, 'I don't have to worry about radio' and can go straight to the cars with it".

It's there in the way he grabs for the imaginary records, the hurdy gurdy jerky swipes at thin air, the moment he lets himself live in the music before composing himself and regaining complete control of the situation.

It's been the subject of just about every magazine profile and TV spotlight on the guy, to the point where his story is considered 'told' until he grabs for the next rung up the political ladder (or somehow falls off of it).

But they needed it because the defense had given back a late lead on the Vikings' final drive, which included a 58-yard strike from Brett Favre to Sidney Rice that scorched cornerback Frank Walker so badly he desperately grabbed for Rice's jersey, incurring an interference penalty that was declined.

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