were grabbing

Past progressiveconjugation ofgrab.There are other translations for this conjugation.

grab

During this time, students were grabbing leaflets off the ground and from the hood of the police car.	En medio de eso, los estudiantes agarraban volantes del suelo y del techo de la patrulla.
Students were grabbing stickers, standing around in groups talking, signing the posterboard, whacking the puppet and taking pictures and selfies of themselves with it.	Los estudiantes agarraban etiquetas, se paraban en grupos hablando, firmaban la cartulina, pegaban al títere y tomaban fotos y selfies con ello.
Mental fingers were grabbing me; they tore me away from peaceful sleep and blocked the entrance towards the temple of my soul where deeper levels of love are waiting to embrace all that I am.	Dedos mentales me agarraron, y me mantuvieron lejos de un sueño pacífico. Bloquearon la entrada hacia el templo de mi alma donde envolturas más profundas desean abarcar todo lo que soy.
During this time, students were grabbing leaflets off the ground and from the hood of the police car. The police got into a confrontation with the students and threatened to arrest those who were taking the leaflets.	Nos echaron gas pimienta para cegarnos y hacernos toser. En medio de eso, los estudiantes agarraban volantes del suelo y del techo de la patrulla. La policía les gritó que iba a arrestar a los que se llevaran volantes.
Anyway, I hope you don't mind, we just were grabbing everything we can.	De todos modos, espero que no te importe que tomemos todo lo que podamos.
Four passengers, two men, two women, held only by a safety bar, were grabbing frantically at anything they could.	Cuatro pasajeros, dos hombres y dos mujeres, sujetos únicamente por una barra de seguridad, se agarraban frenéticamente a lo que podían.
None could afford not to grab when their rivals were grabbing profits to inject into their own economies.	Ninguna podía darse el lujo de no meter la mano cuando sus rivales estaban sacando ganancias para inyectarlas en sus propias economías.
I had a plan in case I see the trucks and the Germans came out and they were grabbing people.	Tenía un plan en caso de que viera los camiones y salieran los alemanes a detener gente.
I don't think they were shut down and Scott and Hilt were grabbing bags of money and running out of the building.	No creo que les cerraran y que Scott y Hilt se estuvieran llevando bolsas de dinero y saliendo del edificio.
If they found anyone on the streets, they were grabbing them by the hair and taking them off as suspects.	Porque ellos no respetaban a nadie. Los que encontraron en las calles, los agarraron por el pelo y los llevaban.
In May, Mission Loc@l reported that thieves were grabbing cellphones out of the hands of inattentive pedestrians, especially at bus stops and on the streets.	En el mes de mayo, Mission Loc@l informó que los rateros han estado arrebatando los teléfonos celulares de las manos de peatones desatentos, en especial en paraderos de autobús y en las calles.
While the saber rattling fundamentalists, as usual, were grabbing all the lime light during the last week, there was also another huge rally: one in defense of religious and political freedom.	Aunque los fundamentalistas armados, como siempre, estaban acaparando toda la atención durante la última semana, también hubo otra marcha gigantesca: una en defensa de la libertad política y religiosa.