grope

Example Sentences

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From a leg-stump line, the ball appeared to then move in the air in the opposite direction, past Cook's crooked grope to kiss the top of off stump.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

You grope your way through the phantom market, sometimes to the amused observation of waiting visitors.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

“I began to grope around in the rubble,” she said.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022

“I just ran down the steps as much as I could but people was falling all over me, screaming,” said Sandra Clayton, 61, who was able to grope her way through the smoke.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2022

As it was, all she could do was grope her way to the top, step by unseen step, and then push open the door.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood