Example Sentences

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Partly that’s because most corporate media wouldn’t have carried Hedges’ denunciation of everything it gropes us for.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2019

He slams on the brakes, opens the door, gropes for his cane.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2018

“Love dancing. Love the physical sensation of dancing. If you were to ask people their three favourite activities, they’ll normally say talking, eating …” He gropes for the third.

From The Guardian • May 22, 2018

The agency reeks of desperation as it gropes for some rationale for human spaceflight beyond the weirdly circular we-need-to-put-humans-in-space-to-study-what-happens-to-humans-when-we-put-them-in-space logic it's used for the past four decades.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2014

Justyce rolls over onto his back and gropes around for his cell phone.

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone