grasp

We live in a world in which none of us are capable of more than the most superficial grasp of the human experience.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

He’s still trying to grasp who he is in this world and in relation to the real Asa.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

On Friday, Burnham, whose father has Alzheimer's, said he was "prepared to grasp the nettle" to make changes adding, "the system's broken".

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Then if you add the manner in which England lost their grasp on a place in this final, it might seem difficult to find many reasons for positivity.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

One of the ghosts tried reaching slowly for the lighter, attracted and repelled at once, but he kept it out of their grasp.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

His left hand gently grasps a ceremonial sword while his extended right hand is open and welcoming, rather than pointed and dictatorial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

How important is it to you that the listener grasps everything that’s going on in your music?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

Although she grasps the issues that can arise with the product, she says, most of her life is pretty well documented anyway.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

"Her friends come every few days. No one fully grasps the idea that she is now dead."

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025

It was proud, haughty, impatient with less brilliant minds, grasping in its search for knowledge the way a conqueror grasps for power.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Kingsley looks at me, gauging if I’ve grasped the heartbreak of the moment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

If you’ve ever fancied a gondola ride through Venice’s famous canals, now might be the time—many Americans have already grasped the opportunity this summer.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

For only the second time, a ban on gnomes has been lifted this year by the Royal Horticultural Society, an opportunity that seemed to have been grasped by gardeners with both tiny ceramic hands.

From BBC ● May 18, 2026

To get solar panels because you’ve grasped the moral tragedy of climate change, not because your neighbor Larry’s roof looks kind of fab with them.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

So the evidence of sense is not, as one might think, the testimony of the senses but our confidence that our senses have properly grasped the object.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Or "who is your team at the Cup?" without grasping it's the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

One reason for the fascination with Musk’s status as a “trillionaire” may be the very human difficulty of grasping such a big number.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Cynics argue this is deliberate obfuscation; impenetrable language keeps average investors from seeing the simplicity of the underlying concepts or grasping unfavorable conditions.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

It’s possible to hold on to two truths at once and recognize the distinct unease of such grasping, I told my friend.

From Salon ● May 14, 2026

I am no longer grasping great handfuls of time.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon