grasping

Example Sentences

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“No, I’ll pick it up,” I said, already grasping for my next excuse to leave the house.

From Literature

How is she not grasping the urgency here?

From Literature

But I kept walking, steeled only by the strength from Olka’s elbow, which I was grasping, less as the part demanded than as a crutch I needed.

From Literature

“Again I floated between big logs, grasping anything floating to stay up. The logs were far too big to hold much,” said Venus.

From Literature

He tends to see allies as grasping dependents rather than force multipliers.

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