Sentence examples for made a grab for from inspiring English sources

Cohen, before him, made a grab for Sotheby's too, as have various other financial arrivistes.

"Remember, that's his job," Kate would whisper urgently as Ondine made a grab for another kid's eyedropper.

Lorenzo Vinciguerra, 49, made a grab for his guard's machete during a clash between the armed militant group, known as Abu Sayyaf, and the Philippine armed forces.

Over the past decade the big companies have made a grab for the bits of the business they reckoned they needed to make it work.

I once woke up in his bed at a party conference and made a grab for him, thinking he was some bird I'd pulled.

Because at that moment somebody — some guy in a blue windbreaker and a Dodgers cap gone black with the rain — made a grab for the shovel, and they're saying I brandished the gun, but I don't know, I truthfully don't.

Sometimes bitterness makes a grab for Leah".

But she's making a grab for it".

11.07pm BST Grant Shapps makes a grab for the centre ground.

Labour and the Tories are making a grab for Lib Dem votes.

You're running late for an evening out — what three products do you make a grab for?