How to Use grabby in a Sentence

grabby

adjective

• You need to learn to share and not be so grabby.
• Back in the canyons, the binders never faltered and were responsive but not grabby.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 2 Nov. 2021
• That’s grabby, for sure — but not really true to the spirit of the final product.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• The cold caused the snow crystals to become sharp and grabby, preventing their skis and sleds from gliding.
  — Adventure, 23 Dec. 2020
• The clutch engages gradually and the drum brakes aren't too grabby.
  — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2018
• You could be fascinated by how the demon chef fried an egg with those grabby things for hands.
  — Zoe Haylock, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
• If looking to poke holes in Horn’s skill set, the biggest one lies with Horn’s grabby nature in coverage.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2021
• These ancient swimmers are thought to have preyed on slippery, squid-like cephalopods, using mouths full of dull, grabby teeth to snatch their meals out of the water.
  — Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 20 Aug. 2020
• These washable microfiber cloths feature a super-grabby texture and come in a box of 10.
  — Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Mar. 2022
• This has only gotten worse as the baby gets more mobile and grabby himself.
  — The Washington Post, 10 June 2020
• Fully vaccinated is also grabby in a way that up to date is not.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 23 June 2022
• At this point, though, the most exciting part of a Ryan Murphy project tends to be the announcement, a list of stars hooked on to a potentially grabby idea.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 4 Jan. 2021
• And don't worry about a curious cat or grabby toddler: The shatterproof glass won't break if Fluffy knocks it over.
  — Jamie Wiebe, House Beautiful, 22 Apr. 2015
• Brake feel has been redone as well and are on the edge of being too grabby upon initial application.
  — Jens Meiners, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2020
• What a waste that in practice, the film would turn out to be the plainest version of itself, all but bereft of the knowing humor and grabby perversion that makes this disreputable genre great.
  — Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 19 May 2021
• The brakes are appropriately strong, but not too grabby for normal use.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 19 June 2020
• And though Horn has the athleticism to be a lockdown cornerback, his grabby approach could attract lots of penalties.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2021
• We were also annoyed by the grabby brakes, whose all-or-nothing nature made smooth heel-and-toe downshifts difficult to master.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
• In this line of work, a PR pitch occasionally works its magic with grabby adjectives, leaving you no choice but to click play.
  — Spin Staff, SPIN, 26 Jan. 2022
• The system does have one remaining behavioral flaw in that, at walking speeds, the brakes sometimes can be annoyingly grabby.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 18 July 2017
• Cousins threw with pinpoint precision on the 16-yard touchdown to Adam Thielen in the second quarter, scrambling to avoid pressure while Thielen evaded grabby coverage in the end zone.
  — Star Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
• Horn isn’t without his faults (too grabby in coverage), but no prospect is, and his strengths significantly outweigh the negatives.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
• Fears of the Delta variant aside, there’s a tang of possibility in the midtown air — the sense that without the remorselessly grabby Rudin around, theaters and plays and literary rights and talent are suddenly freed.
  — Benjamin Wallace, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2021
• The marijuana industry isn't alone in trying to anticipate what will catch a grabby toddler's eye.
  — CBS News, 2 Oct. 2017
• This rainbow stacker is both attractive to adults and totally engrossing for your grabby baby.
  — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 19 Nov. 2021
• The French luxury label certainly chose a grabby location at which to reveal its spring 2023 collection.
  — Rory Satran, WSJ, 22 May 2022
• The mystery plots are twisty and grabby, but also worth noting is the realistic rendering of a Black L.A. neighborhood locked in a battle over gentrification.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
• After the grabby initial setup, there’s one major surprise remaining.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2022
• Typically, in fantasy fiction, goblins are depicted as cruel, grabby, and untrustworthy, the type of creatures to join orcs in battle against the forces of good, to stab an adventurer with a rusty dagger, and steal their valuables.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• Aston does offer carbon-ceramic brakes, which previous reviewers have complained were too grabby, so pick your poison.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 23 June 2020

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024