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

When the characters grope for a secret passageway, they receive an electric shock.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024

You open your eyes and grope for your phone.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

If Mr. Biden makes concessions — we grope for a better word — to MBS, it would be on behalf of others as well as himself.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

But you’re so scared you can’t open your eyes, so you get on your hands and knees and grope in the dark, listening for voices to tell you which way to go.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan