grabbier; grabbiest
Examples of grabby in a Sentence
You need to learn to share and not be so grabby.
very young children tend to be grabby and often refuse to share
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The large, flexible baskets excel in soft snow and are easy to untangle from grabby brush, while the ergonomic straps offer comfortable support over long distances.
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Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
On Ferraris, the carbon ceramics are annoyingly grabby, providing huge brake force with the slightest pressure on the pedal.
—Dan Carney, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
Rubber gloves, while moisture-proof and generally better fitted to the hand, are too grabby.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Lib’s proprietary Magne-Traction—serrated bumps along the sidecut—help the Orca Split lock in on sketchy traverses or unexpected, mid-line hardpack, although some purists who prefer smooth sidecuts do find the bumps grabby.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
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Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
On Ferraris, the carbon ceramics are annoyingly grabby, providing huge brake force with the slightest pressure on the pedal.
—Dan Carney, Popular Science, 5 July 2023
Rubber gloves, while moisture-proof and generally better fitted to the hand, are too grabby.
—Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
Lib’s proprietary Magne-Traction—serrated bumps along the sidecut—help the Orca Split lock in on sketchy traverses or unexpected, mid-line hardpack, although some purists who prefer smooth sidecuts do find the bumps grabby.
—Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 18 Oct. 2022
See All Example Sentences for grabby
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“Grabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grabby. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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