Get to know Snatches better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Snatches in a sentence
Snatches meaning
plural of snatch
Using Snatches
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of snatch
- In the example corpus, snatches often appears in combinations such as: snatches the, snatches at, snatches of.
Context around Snatches
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snatches
- In this selection, "snatches" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, suzuki, thinkerbell, captain, little, victory and howatson stand out and add context to how "snatches" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include chase that snatches the icc and diddy violently snatches cassie by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snatches" sits close to words such as abaribe, abbasids and abstentions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snatches
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Thinkerbell snatches Howatson+Co's Phillippa Netolicky for GM role. (10 words)
Before she walks out of the room she snatches his hat off. (12 words)
Suzuki snatches the choke but a last-second reversal scores Darby Allin the victory! (14 words)
Max speaking Russian a few times before we set off on our trip, but only in brief snatches: chatting after class in the hallways of the Methodist church; ordering our meals on the rare occasions we managed to find a Russian restaurant in Texas. (44 words)
His movements are constantly monitored and snatches of his progress can be heard in peculiar, truncated conversations — back and forth — between assistants on their walkie-talkies, recounted in grave Germanic detail and punctuated by explosions of static. (37 words)
Interspersed throughout are snatches of interviews from the film, such as on opening number Bantu Education – where we learn of the politicised use of Afrikaans – and on the militarised tenor of The Black Consciousness Movement. (35 words)
Suzuki snatches the choke but a last-second reversal scores Darby Allin the victory! (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
As Jakob and Little Brian try to escape the hideout in an armored car with cannons, Dante catches them and snatches Little Brian from Jacob’s vehicle, driving away with the child.
It means that holidays are often enforced rather than chosen, taken in snatches when there is simply no work.
Suzuki snatches the choke but a last-second reversal scores Darby Allin the victory!
The ability to enable a unit to attack twice in a single turn can be the strategy that snatches victory from the jaws of defeat.
Thinkerbell snatches Howatson+Co's Phillippa Netolicky for GM role.
Virat Kohli has won many game in the past for India but he will now have to make history to lead a run chase that snatches the ICC World Test Championship mace from Australia.
Following this, he snatches the fan’s phone, throws it into the crowd, and continues with his performance.
Hjulmand gets over-excited when Merino mis-hits a pass and sets up an opportunity to thread Gyokeres through but the Sporting captain snatches at it and gives it back to Arsenal.
Max speaking Russian a few times before we set off on our trip, but only in brief snatches: chatting after class in the hallways of the Methodist church; ordering our meals on the rare occasions we managed to find a Russian restaurant in Texas.
These shoes are best if you practice Olympic lifting exercises that include clean-and-jerks or snatches.
When the footage switches to another security camera near the hotel's elevators, Diddy violently snatches Cassie by the back of her neck and tosses her to the ground.
Before she walks out of the room she snatches his hat off.
Between the plaudits and hyperbole, we saw snatches from some of his great routines.
He then swiftly snatches the bill away when his daughter goes to lift up the sanitizer and prove him wrong.
His movements are constantly monitored and snatches of his progress can be heard in peculiar, truncated conversations — back and forth — between assistants on their walkie-talkies, recounted in grave Germanic detail and punctuated by explosions of static.
Interspersed throughout are snatches of interviews from the film, such as on opening number Bantu Education – where we learn of the politicised use of Afrikaans – and on the militarised tenor of The Black Consciousness Movement.
It’s also possible that Mendes, whose film is unmistakably a directorial feat, will win in this category, while “Parasite” snatches Best Picture.
Spider-Man snatches the pigeon, swings back to the castle, and plugs the USB into a laptop.
After they refuse to give her a ticket, she snatches them for herself and leaves the girls to stay put behind bars.
Consider, for instance, “The Capture of Persephone” (2019), her interpretation of the myth in which Hades snatches the daughter of Zeus and spirits her away to the underworld.
Common combinations with snatches
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- snatches the 9×
- snatches at 4×
- snatches of 4×
- she snatches 3×
- and snatches 2×
- that snatches 2×
- he snatches 2×
- snatches back 2×