Explore Nabbing through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Nabbing meaning
present participle and gerund of nab
Using Nabbing
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of nab
- In the example corpus, nabbing often appears in combinations such as: nabbing the, in nabbing, or nabbing.
Context around Nabbing
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 13 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nabbing
- In this selection, "nabbing" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barbie, oppenheimer, home, nolan, brandon and lunches stand out and add context to how "nabbing" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1976 almost nabbing the nomination and actress recalled nabbing her part. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nabbing" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nabbing
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Part 3 debuted last week, successfully nabbing the top spot with 11.6M views. (14 words)
Seven players crossed, with Ellie Johnston, Georgia Ravics and Annessa Biddle all nabbing doubles. (14 words)
In fact, recently the actress recalled nabbing her part inThe Princess Diaries 24 years ago. (15 words)
The Barbenheimer event smashed multiple records with Barbie nabbing the best opening weekend of 2023 as well as the best opening for a non-superhero, non-sequel, non-remake title and Oppenheimer nabbing Nolan’s best opening for a non-Batman movie. (42 words)
This year’s festival wrapped May 27 with Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” winning the Palme d’Or, Jonathan Glazer’s “A Zone of Interest” take home the Grand Prize, and Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves” nabbing the Jury Prize. (42 words)
The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on, and if you've got a tech lover on your Christmas list – or you fancy nabbing some new gadgets for yourself – we've got just the sale for you. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
The Barbenheimer event smashed multiple records with Barbie nabbing the best opening weekend of 2023 as well as the best opening for a non-superhero, non-sequel, non-remake title and Oppenheimer nabbing Nolan’s best opening for a non-Batman movie.
Bleis charged a single into right field and delivered an accurate throw home, nabbing Brandon Belt for the frame’s final out.
Coming in strong at number one was unsurprisingly found that you’re not going to make any friends by pinching milk or nabbing lunches from the office fridge.
Directed by Bobby Kolli, Waltair Veerayya features Chiranjeevi in the role of a fisherman who helps a local police officer in nabbing an infamous drug peddler, who escapes from police custody and flees to Malaysia.
Even with lots of talent off to the NBA, these teams instantly reload, whether through highly ranked recruiting classes or nabbing the top players from mid-major programs.
Part 3 debuted last week, successfully nabbing the top spot with 11.6M views.
Seven players crossed, with Ellie Johnston, Georgia Ravics and Annessa Biddle all nabbing doubles.
The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on, and if you've got a tech lover on your Christmas list – or you fancy nabbing some new gadgets for yourself – we've got just the sale for you.
The news may come as a shock to many Marvel fans who tuned in for small-screen adaptations of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law even nabbing the title of ’ best-reviewed superhero show of 2022.
The Super Mario Bros Moviemade history this past weekend, nabbing the biggest opening ever for an animated title worldwide.
This year’s festival wrapped May 27 with Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” winning the Palme d’Or, Jonathan Glazer’s “A Zone of Interest” take home the Grand Prize, and Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves” nabbing the Jury Prize.
Heading into Election Day 2024, Democrats have a chance at nabbing a majority in at least one legislative chamber.
In fact, recently the actress recalled nabbing her part inThe Princess Diaries 24 years ago.
Meanwhile, another lucky customer named Chloe Hopkins also rushed online after nabbing a free pack of 'Pampers Baby Dry Pants Essential Pack Size 5 33 Nappies,' which usually retail at £10.
Nabbing Bed Bath & Beyond really came down to sharing our vision of low-sugar candy.
Nabbing one for half price still isn’t cheap but at least puts it in a price bracket that feels slightly more attainable.
Reagan led a harder-charging presidential bid in 1976, almost nabbing the nomination from President Gerald Ford, vice president for eight months before assuming the presidency after Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal.
Riding the momentum from her beauty pageant wins, she's also found success in modeling and acting, nabbing parts in shows and films including Entourage, Law and Order, Gossip Girl, The Hunger Games and Broad City.
These last few years, the city's truly opened up to cuisines from all over the globe, with foreign chefs nabbing top spots on dining lists and earning a few Michelin stars.
The Spurs need to fill their hole at point guard somehow this summer, whether they’re trying to trade for a veteran like Darius Garland or nabbing a playmaker in this draft.
Common combinations with nabbing
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- nabbing the 12×
- in nabbing 4×
- or nabbing 3×
- after nabbing 3×
- and nabbing 3×
- at nabbing 2×
- nabbing one 2×
- be nabbing 2×
- by nabbing 2×
- nabbing his 2×