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
It all seemed pretty incoherent, at any rate, which was perhaps intended to signal Dany’s ongoing fumbling as she gropes toward … hey look, its Drogon!
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2015
He gropes around in the inside pocket of his jacket, only to grasp a handful of teabags.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2012
My hand gropes farther, splinters of wood—now I remember again that we are lying in the graveyard.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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