Sentence examples for they were snatched from inspiring English sources

Two of the men, who appear to be in their 70's, said in interviews this week that they were snatched from houses during American raids in Afghanistan.

The magnificent pieces, painted over 200 years ago in typical Byzantine fashion, adorned Orthodox monasteries and churches in remote northern Greece until they were snatched by thieves.

The Real Estate Market There are no idyllic older farmhouses to renovate in Dorset; they were snatched up and restored long ago.

The Uighurs find themselves subject to detention not because they tried to enter the country illegally but because they were snatched in Pakistan and Afghanistan after the United States' 2001 invasion of Afghanistan and forcibly taken to Guantanamo.

For instance, I was the one who apparently erred in dropping Jonny Venters and Felipe Paulino in my Main Event league in Week 1, given how quickly they were snatched up.

When 3,000 reserved-seat tickets to the Belmont Stakes were made available online Monday after I'll Have Another won the Preakness to keep his Triple Crown bid alive, they were snatched up in about three minutes.

What shocked me, though, was not that they were snatching cellphones out of open car windows.

Hyder translated for me: "They were snatching phones, and the public beat them".

"When places come on the market, they're snatched up," she said.

Those are just display Tonys, and they are snatched back as soon as the winners leave the stage.

It is extremely rare for abducted children to be recovered alive if they are not found very soon after they are snatched.