Meanings of snatches from in English

Every atom we do not utilize this great economist snatches from us.

Richard had caught snatches from the guards of how Brand met his end.

He chuckled, rubbed his hands, and incessantly hummed snatches from the Twelfth Mass.

I myself have heard various snatches from his work on all kinds of liturgical occasions.

These are a few snatches from Jones's diary:

And he began to hum in his bass voice, slightly out of tune, snatches from the air:

We intend to quote a few scenes and snatches from Mr. Bulwer's extraordinary novel of this name.

But Nell heard rumors about Fiona from the other girls, who had picked up snatches from their parents.

Ethel heard snatches from time to time, and she kept throwing vigilant glances over at her husband's face.

He quoted from the poets, not from his own Oriental poets, but snatches from Campion and Wilde, vowing that

The camper quoted snatches from Service and Kipling, then he came back to Knibbs, who was evidently his favorite.

One was at the piano, recalling snatches from various composers, the air being clouded alike with music and smoke wreaths.

It is a doll in a pink silk dress-anelaborate doll that walks, and talks, and warbles snatches from the operas.

Also, for variety, they sang Tannenbaum-withthe same tune as Maryland, My Maryland!-andHeil dir im Sieges-kranz; and snatches from various operas.

The two sang together, and after that she played dreamy snatches from Beethoven while he leaned back in an easy chair and listened.

When she was home, she sang snatches from the operas, danced with imaginary partners, rehearsed parts of private theatricals and dreamed of conquests.