grasp
verb (used with object)
to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
am grasping
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present progressiveof grasp (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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AFP news agency quoted Mr Balberán as saying: "Little by little I am grasping what has happened. Now I only pray for my mother's health to improve. I want her alive and by my side."
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2023
They will contend that I am grasping beyond my reach, and saying we know that some very specific, prescriptive diet is best.
From US News ● Sep. 28, 2015
In grasping your hand I am grasping that of our Mother, the Queen.
From The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto by Morris, Alexander
I am grasping the hand of the man you are to be.
From The Brown Mask by Brebner, Percy James
"It is the hand of a friend I am grasping?" insisted Emery.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
