grasp
verb (used with object)
to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.
have been grasping
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present perfect progressiveof grasp.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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As demand for artificial intelligence skyrockets, AI companies have been grasping for solutions to flatten the steep cost curve of compute.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
And people have been grasping for the right term to describe that for a long time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2023
“People have been grasping for how to make comparisons, but it is difficult.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2022
O’odham leaders have been grasping for ways of stymieing the project.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
Further, Belshazzar was carousing while the Medes and Persians were ringing Babylon round, and his hand should have been grasping a sword, not a wine-cup.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander
