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

"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

I am grasping the hand of the man you are to be.

From The Brown Mask by Brebner, Percy James

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