Sentence examples for were snatched from inspiring English sources
noun
A quick grab or catch.
- The leftfielder makes a nice snatch to end the inning.
Chances were snatched at, opportunities wasted.
Most of them were snatched up, even argued over.
Free copies of popular magazines were snatched up.
These were snatched from my hands and replaced with a set of handcuffs.
There were snatched conversations with Peter Mandelson, Ed Balls, Alastair Campbell, Douglas Alexander and others.
In one women's boutique, blouses, jewelry and purses were snatched, leaving naked plastic mannequins.
Wallets were snatched from the bodies of victims, shopkeepers said, complicating the process of identification.
So, too, were the three relatives who were snatched, all of whom were Communist Party members.
Two others from the group, who were snatched in December, remain missing.
But several other children were snatched, the police told news agencies.
In the meantime, other nations were snatching up the idea.
