How to Use grab a seat in a Sentence

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  • Try to grab a seat near the bar, which serves sushi all day.
    — Deanna Taylor, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2022
  • Pass the tourists sitting for dinner and grab a seat at the bar.
    — Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Grab a burger, grab a beer, grab a seat and let go of your worries.
    — Matt Koesters, The Enquirer, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Bring me the people who can only kind of play and might lie to grab a seat at a table full of old friends.
    — New York Times, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Customers can grab a seat around the edge of the patio to make the most of the view or pick a booth inside at the indoor-outdoor space.
    — Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2021
  • If so, grab a seat at the raw bar just inside and enjoy watching the shuckers work.
    — Kayla Webley Adler, ELLE, 24 Mar. 2023
  • So grab a seat and get ready for some serious warm-and-fuzzy feelings!
    — Taysha Murtaugh, Country Living, 12 Mar. 2023
  • If the weather’s right, grab a seat out front and soak up the people watching on Colorado Avenue, the town’s main drag.
    — Marissa Wolkenberg, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Fans attending the Detroit Grand Prix this weekend will have the chance to grab a seat for free on Friday.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
  • Fans attending the Detroit Grand Prix this weekend will have the chance to grab a seat for free on Friday.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
  • For the full experience, skip the tables in the dining room and grab a seat at Temaki’s counter to watch the chefs in action.
    — Christina Liao, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Sidle up to one of the bar stools or comfy sofas inside the eclectic lounge or grab a seat on the breezy patio.
    — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
  • At the swanky Le Bar, grab a seat at the transparent bar (it is made from a single piece of resin), and sip your bubbly while smack in the center of the action.
    — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 Jan. 2024
  • To fill up after a full day of hiking or shopping around town, grab a seat at Haywood Smokehouse.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2023
  • Or grab a seat at a revolving sushi conveyor for a solo feast.
    — Zoe Li, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • After a day full of 4th of July apps, drinks, treats and more, grab a seat and a blanket and watch fireworks illuminate the sky at any one of these shows near you.
    — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
  • After dark, grab a seat alongside locals at a pub or catch a show in the West End, then enjoy a late-night bite in nearby Chinatown.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2023
  • Diners can grab a seat at a table or sit down to relax on the food hall's centerpiece marble staircase.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The Gables Bodega will also use kiosks where diners will order, then grab a seat indoors or on an outdoor patio.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Order by phone for takeout, dine inside or grab a seat outside at the dog-friendly picnic tables.
    — Louisa Chu, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Servers whisked by with plates piled high with sandwiches for the guests lucky enough to grab a seat upstairs or place orders before the staff halted food service for fear of running out.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2021
  • After shopping, grab a seat in the beer garden and sip local craft beers, or tour the indoor exhibit tracing the history of the Heurich brewery, which was D.C.’s largest for the first half of the 20th century.
    — Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
  • There, passengers can enjoy live cooking stations or grab a seat at the bar surrounded by Lalique crystal flowers.
    — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 2 June 2022
  • This time, he’s brought over another of his Philadelphia hits, K’Far, an all-day Israeli café and bakery that invites you to grab a seat and linger, whether over coffee and pastries or cocktails and dinner.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Both encourage women to grab a seat at the table by striving for money and power within an inequitable system, without questioning the root causes that might prevent someone from being in the room in the first place.
    — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2022
  • For example, a travel agent can immediately look into the airline reservation system and grab a seat for you on another flight.
    — Washington Post, 22 July 2021
  • The Japanese government for its part has forbidden international spectators and left unanswered the question of whether or not locals will be able to grab a seat and watch competition.
    — Amy Bass, CNN, 8 June 2021

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