Sentence examples for snatch the fly from inspiring English sources

Locked onto the sound, the bats would swoop in and snatch the fly pair with a "prey pocket" formed from the excess skin extending from their tail, in a process called gleaning.

He slowly reached out to snatch the fly.

In the green light, they almost always snatched the flies with a single leap.

Instead of snatching moths and other flying bugs in midair, some bats hang in a tree and, with their extra-sensitive ears, wait until they hear the chirp of a grasshopper — "or even the sound of a caterpillar chewing on a leaf," Dr. Williams-Guillen said — and swoop down to snatch the morsel.

He would therefore snatch the gold.

"He tried to snatch the gun.

Nobody ever managed to snatch the prize.

He tried to snatch the bag.

Substitute Lua Lua unleashed a thunderous 25-yard effort which flew fractionally wide while, in the final five minutes, Buckley attempted to dance around Dorus De Vries, only for the Forest goalkeeper to snatch the ball from his feet.

You snatch the pursuer role.

The Blues snatched the winner when Gibson let fly from long range to keep the Stair Park top of the table.