grasp
verb (used with object)
to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
grasped
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past participleof grasp.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof grasp.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
graspverb (used with object)to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
Example Sentences
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If these pressures prove enduring there are some unpalatable decisions that will have to be grasped within the next year.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
The secretary may have gone to Princeton University, but he hasn’t yet grasped the concept of irony.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Gold and bitcoin immediately grasped this message and rallied in tandem.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The road to recovery is long, and some patients "still haven't really grasped the magnitude of what happened to them," Bianca Damaso, a physician specializing in prosthetics, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
But when he reached and grasped for her, his hand passed straight through her chest.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
