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

Carlton Huffman, 40, had accused Mr. Schlapp, 56, the head of the American Conservative Union and an adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, of groping him after a campaign event in Georgia in 2022.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

“We are but darkened groping souls, that know not the light often because of its very blinding radiance,” wrote W.E.B.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Under Spain’s 2022 sexual consent law, the crime of sexual assault takes in a wide array of crimes from online abuse and groping to rape, each with different possible punishments.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

He was groping towards Right as a criterion of its own—towards Justice as an abstract thing which did not lean upon power.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White