Example Sentences

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“People are grasping at anything,” Lebow said of worried business executives.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

“Some people are grasping for excuses as to why the fires are happening, playing the blame game,” Bennett said.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2025

Elected officials are grasping for glimmers of optimism.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2023

At the same time, leaders of America’s biggest cities are grasping the fact that remote and hybrid work are here to stay.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022

Often these over-friendly people are grasping, calculating and objectionable, but sometimes like Ricki Ticki Tavi they are merely obsessed with a mania to run about and see what is going on in the world.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily