Grabby is an English word with synonyms like avaricious or covetous. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Grabby in a sentence
Grabby meaning
- Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily.
- Attention-grabbing; striking, stimulating.
Synonyms of Grabby
Using Grabby
- The main meaning on this page is: Tending to grab, especially rudely or greedily. | Attention-grabbing; striking, stimulating.
- Useful related words include: avaricious, covetous, grasping, greedy.
- In the example corpus, grabby often appears in combinations such as: grabby and, too grabby, get grabby.
Context around Grabby
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grabby
- In this selection, "grabby" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, too, get, role, paws and defensive stand out and add context to how "grabby" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bit too grabby and alpha and can get grabby. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grabby" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grabby
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mirrors well, especially for a man his size, but can get grabby. (12 words)
The man was a bit too grabby and alpha considering the situation. (12 words)
However, these have a "grabby" action generally considered unsuitable for passenger cars. (12 words)
As was witnessed in the last five games of the season it also gives him the option of movement which means fewer sacks, more first down scrambles and pulling away from a grabby defensive lineman. (35 words)
In recent years, Facebook has added options to choose whose posts people see first and has combatted “clickbait,” posts with grabby headlines like “you won’t believe what happened next” yet ultimately disappoint. (33 words)
Friday saw the long-awaited release of “,” from the 85-year-old director Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”), which features Plaza in a grabby role unlike anything she’s played before. (31 words)
Its wiggly snout and grabby paws are so cute, I can hardly stand it! (14 words)
Example sentences (11)
He occasionally was undermined by his own aggressiveness, playing too grabby and/or trying too hard to generate turnovers.
Mirrors well, especially for a man his size, but can get grabby.
Friday saw the long-awaited release of “,” from the 85-year-old director Francis Ford Coppola (“The Godfather”), which features Plaza in a grabby role unlike anything she’s played before.
Its wiggly snout and grabby paws are so cute, I can hardly stand it!
Paddle shifters can adjust the regen levels, from coasting to grabby, or the “B” mode in the console gear selector enables one-pedal driving.
As was witnessed in the last five games of the season it also gives him the option of movement which means fewer sacks, more first down scrambles and pulling away from a grabby defensive lineman.
In recent years, Facebook has added options to choose whose posts people see first and has combatted “clickbait,” posts with grabby headlines like “you won’t believe what happened next” yet ultimately disappoint.
The man was a bit too grabby and alpha considering the situation.
To make matters worse, reports that the man who was allegedly violated by Darby is making sure that he doesn’t get grabby again.
However, these have a "grabby" action generally considered unsuitable for passenger cars.
Wear rates tend to be high, and braking may be poor or grabby until the brake is hot.
Common combinations with grabby
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: