Use snatch in a sentence
Sentences starting with snatch
- Snatch the curious prize, Give it a place among thy treasured spoils Fossil and relic,--corals, encrinites, The fly in amber and the fish in stone, The twisted circlet of Etruscan gold, Medal, intaglio, poniard, poison-ring, --Place for the Memphian beetle with thine hoard! [6]
- Snatch him out by the heels. [5]
- Snatch it! [5]
- Snatch her! [5]
More example sentences with the word snatch in them
- Berenike must know what he thought of Caesar's suit, and seeing her wholesome and honest hatred, he had sworn to himself that he would snatch his sister from the hands of the tyrant, if it were to lead him to the most agonizing death. [10]
- Suppose the man were evil, then the Church should try to snatch him like a brand from the burning. [11]
- But the man weakened and knew that he should die, and one night when the pain was sharp upon him he prayed bitterly that he might pass, or that help might come to snatch him from the grave. [11]
- Now, if we watch every night, we'll be dead sure to see him go out, some time or other, and then we'll snatch that box quicker'n lightning. [5]
- And yet he was so informed with the modern spirit that he was not content, as a zealot formerly might have been, to snatch souls out of the evil that is in the world, but he strove to lessen the evil. [4]
- And it's here's to the lads that have ridden their last; And it's here's--" But Shon had fainted with the flask in his hand and this snatch of a song on his lips. [11]
- Prince Andrew longed to snatch up, to squeeze, to hold to his heart, this helpless little creature, but dared not do so. [2]
- So we had to snatch our trunks open, and make a selection in a good deal of a hurry. [5]
- It's too risky to attack them by oneself, and if we put it off till another day one of the big guerrilla detachments will snatch the prey from under our noses," thought Denisov, continually peering forward, hoping to see a messenger from Dolokhov. [2]
- Finding it liquid, they would snatch away their heads and fall to trembling, snorting and showing other evidences of fright. [5]
- In my opinion there isn't anything that is as killing as one of those dear old ripe pensioners if you know how to snatch it out in a kind of a fresh sort of original way. [5]
- Marion nodded over the piano at the men, and presently played a snatch of Carmen, then wandered off into the barbaric strength of Tannhauser, and as suddenly again into the ballet music of Faust. [11]
- In a rage, the Master made a snatch at a metal flower-wreath to throw at him. [11]
- No--this side of the house was not yet on fire except at the further end; he would snatch on those clothes. [5]
- But you invent some worthless thing to amuse yourself with, and would throw it away if let alone, and all of a sudden the whole world makes a snatch for it and out crops a fortune. [5]
- His neighbors would snatch the balance of his hair off in a second. [5]
- He came to snatch old Soolsby's palace, his nest on the hill, to use it for a telescope, or such whimsies. [11]
- Should she jealously snatch Irene from his arms and carry her back to the gloomy temple which now--after she had fluttered awhile in sportive freedom in the sunny air--would certainly seem to her doubly sinister and unendurable? [10]
- Then we can snatch him out and rush him away the first time there's an alarm. [5]
- He'd yank a sinner outen (Hades),** And land him with the blest; Then snatch a prayer'n waltz in again, And do his level best. [5]
- But, if you see your way to a better life, it were well you should choose one of nobler mould than I. I am not made for sacrifice, to play the missioner and snatch brands from the burning. [11]
- But every other reservation must be cast far, far away, to snatch the victory from him and to save Hiram. [10]
- What do you reckon would happen if I was to snatch your cap off and slap you in the face with it? [5]
- Soon after breakfast Pollux went up to the rotunda where the Queens' busts stood, hoping to see Arsinoe again, and a loud snatch of song soon brought her out on to the balcony. [10]
- A turtle-dove takes peas, and a hedge-sparrow picks ants' eggs from his lips; a white-throat perches on his left hand to snatch a caterpillar from his right. [10]
- Some of the papers do not replace the condemned paragraphs with other matter; they merely snatch they out and leave blanks behind--mourning blanks, marked 'Confiscated'. [5]
- Do they come out of school with the habit of continuous reading, of reading books, or only of picking up scraps in the newspapers, as they might snatch a hasty meal at a lunch-counter? [4]
- He snaked me out of bed and was all excited, and says: "Quick, Huck, snatch on your clothes--I've got it! [5]
- Now and then one of Higbie's oars would trip on the top of a wave, and the other one would snatch the boat half around in spite of my cumbersome steering apparatus. [5]
- They contrasted the luxury of dining that way, with every advantage except a band of music, and the old way of rushing out to snatch a fearful joy at the lunch-counters of the Worcesier and Springfield and New Haven stations. [8]
- They fling away life and happiness as if they were apple-peelings to snatch at something which they believe to constitute salvation. [10]
- And if they ketch ye, Polly Ann, just you go along and pretend to be happy, and tear off a snatch of your dress now and then, if you get a chance. [9]
- He knew that Kaid would snatch at any offered comfort, would cherish any alleviating lie, would steal back from science and civilisation and the modern palace to the superstition of the fellah's hut. [11]
- The sight of it gave me a strange sensation, and I can scarcely write of the anger and disgust which surged over me, of the longing to snatch it from his trembling fingers. [9]
- But Horapollo flew into a fury and rushed at the prelate to snatch away the image of the Saviour, while John exclaimed in a voice of ominous thunder: "Anathema! [10]
- It is as if I tried to snatch the star of Isis from the sky to light the lamps--which are much wanted here. [10]
- If you will, I will snatch Osgood down from Boston, and you won't have to go there at all unless you want to. [5]
- A rattle of hoofs and a snatch of song, they ride, they ride! [11]
- They ran after her calling out impudently, 'dot, and go one,' and tried ruthlessly to snatch at the loosely-tied sandal on her injured foot, which tapped the pavement at every step. [10]
- She had crossed her arms over her bosom, but now she raised her hands to hide her face, for she felt a strong hand snatch away the veil that covered her head. [10]
- After several trials he succeeded in tempting a young duck to snatch up a young one, but it was instantly rejected; and the duck "went about jerking its head, as if trying to throw off some unpleasant taste. [1]
- It was a good thing to write doggedly and obstinately until he was desperate, and then snatch up the ruler and whirl it about the brown head-dress with the consciousness that he could have it off if he liked. [12]
- His thoughts were gloomy during that day, running a good deal on the more picturesque and impressive methods of bidding a voluntary farewell to a world which had allured him with visions of beauty only to snatch them from his impassioned gaze. [6]
- When the first frost threatens to come, the planters snatch off their crops in a hurry. [5]
- I saw a French lad whip off his coat when a gunner called for a wad, and another, who had been a scavenger, snatch the rammer from Pearce's hands when he staggered with a grape-shot through his chest. [9]
- All de hellfire dat 'uz ever in my heart flame' up, en I snatch de stick outen his han' en laid him flat. [5]
- Boys, Johnny Bull can tell us what would happen if I was to snatch this chump's cap off and slap him in the face with it. [5]
- He began flowing, but in the midst of a flowery period his memory failed him and he had to snatch a furtive glance at his manuscript--which much injured the effect. [5]
- Presently a big brakeman came rushing through, and when he got to the door he stopped, gave the farmer an ugly scowl, then wrenched the door to with such energy as to almost snatch the old man's boot off. [5]
- The toil, once begun, fascinated him strangely, and after the day's work was done, and at every interval he could snatch from his duties, he wrought at his secret task. [6]
- When Morris came back, he was holding his wine with one hand while he hummed a snatch of song and drummed lightly on the table with the hook. [11]
- Each had one at his pommel, and could snatch a man out of the saddle with it every time, on a full gallop, at any reasonable distance. [5]
- He would run and snatch the book, spring through the door and fly. [5]
- They were quarreling and fighting desperately, each trying to snatch from the other a boot they were both holding on to. [2]
- Jacques's eyes sparkled and a snatch of song came to his lips at these times. [11]
- He raved like a maniac, and tried to snatch a revolver from the table--but I got it. [5]
- He would snatch a hurried breakfast and go and find Huck. [5]
- I carried away a confused mass of impressions, much as the soldiers that sack a city go off with all the precious things they can snatch up, huddled into clothes-bags and pillow-cases. [6]
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