Sentence examples for they grabbed for from inspiring English sources

When Mr. Wallis emerged from his office, former reporters at The News of the World have said, they grabbed for their phones and chatted into dead air to avoid becoming one of his targets.

"It just opens up more conflict among the political elite as they grab for power.

And if they could agree to that, what other damaging schemes might they grab for in some future crisis?

Did they grab for a robe or rush to cover up?

Judges are always casting about for lawyers to take cases, and for lawyers who have not shown up to meet clients because they were grabbed for emergencies.

At the same time, several strong competitors began grazing on MIIX's home turf -- though Mr. Smarr described MIIX's moves as the most "extreme" -- driving down prices when they all grabbed for a share of the lucrative market as judgments in liability cases began to rise.

They both grabbed for the plate of flatbreads... and tore corners at the discus-sized breads.

When they saw the house in Iselin, they grabbed it for the asking price -- $179,000.

You may not recall Seattle's WTO protests very well some 14 years later, but they grabbed global headlines for days and changed that city's local political dynamic so convincingly that the mayor lost his reelection bid.

Children younger than six months do not behave as if objects that are moved out of sight continue to exist; they may grab for objects they see but lose all interest once the objects are withdrawn from sight.

"Biomedical advocates are so beaten down by a decade of flat funding that they will grab for anything they can get," says Joel Widder of Federal Science Partners, a boutique government relations firm in Washington, D.C.