grabble
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It’s that we want—and need—the ability to grabble with nuance and ambiguity that are inherent when our bodies and minds fail.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2018
What a foolish fellow you are, indeed, trying to grabble cherries out of the ground, as you do potatoes!
From Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson
Then we grabble in de pot for more.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration
He jump up, he did, en 'gun ter grabble in de quog-mire des ez hard ez he kin.
From Nights With Uncle Remus by Milo Winter
To grabble the bit; to seize any one's money.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
“Rebel Yell” starts up from the sound system and, as if on cue, my son lets out a grabbled “a-woooh!”
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2015
Suddenly, the Fleshlumpeater shot out two enormous hands and grabbled the BFG around the waist.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
With white claws of foam the sea grabbled at the shore.
From A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
"Oh! you see, I grabbled that in the scuffle, and slipped it into my pocket."
From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by William Alexander Caruthers
Being blind made touch even more of an instrument of knowing something although all grabbled around in darkness.
From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills
Other departments in California are grabbling with similar incidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2020
And then, as if a signal has gone off that only the childrens can hear, all of their hands are reaching and grabbling and snatching.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
‘We will swear to do what he wants, yes, yess,’ said Gollum, still twisting and grabbling at his ankle.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
I heard Collins grabbling for it, somewhere in the dark of the tunnel.
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by George W. Gage
We jumped over the fence, and commenced grabbling for the sweet potatoes.
From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Sam R. Watkins
