groping

Example Sentences

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Vandier said AI is turning military intelligence analysis from a task of groping in darkness for targets to one of sifting through piles of them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Such people are groping for answers and meaning.

From Salon • Feb. 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

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

I repeated the word, desperately groping to find just the right response.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals