grope
verb (used without object)
to feel about with the hands; feel one's way.
am groping
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present progressiveof grope (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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By noon I am groping on the outer limits of reason.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
I am groping about, and am so blind that only sometimes can I dimly feel how dark it really is.
From Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther by Elizabeth von Arnim
I am groping through a ruined world toward some kind of light, some kind of certainty.
From The Builders by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
She added this comment: "What darkness I am groping in!"
From Foul Play by Charles Reade
When I am groping and stumbling in Arctic darkness, it will cheer me to know that light is shining over a black, stormy lake.
From A Speckled Bird by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
