grope
verb (used without object)
to feel about with the hands; feel one's way.
has been groping
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present perfect progressiveof grope (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The business world has been groping towards inward-bound courses for years.
From Economist ● Oct. 2, 2014
With the air of a man who has been groping for a word and hears it unexpectedly from a passerby, the U.S. echoed Willkie in the press, in Congress, on the street.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ever since Syria annulled its ill-starred union with Egypt last year, it has been groping for the right groove.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jackson, who has been groping for a way to elbow into the campaign, obtained a grievance that he can use to browbeat Clinton for concessions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sir William Hamilton is expected: he has been groping in all those devastations.
From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole
