groping

Example Sentences

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“You’re groping in the dark a little bit more.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

We’ve been groping through this land of disbelief for some time now.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

Selecting Isak ahead of him lacked logic, smacking of a manager groping for answers, almost trying to get an expensive signing to play himself into the team.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

That groping for signposts in a fogbound landscape was on display in remarks by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday morning.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Three thick, gray, dripping tentacles came groping, sweeping toward them—Christopher slammed himself against the deck, pulling Mal with him.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell