grope
verb (used without object)
to feel about with the hands; feel one's way.
have been groping
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present perfect progressiveof grope.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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Just what would be necessary or appropriate no one knew, and Commissioner Landis and his researchers have been groping diligently ever since.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ycu said a lot of things I have been groping to put into words for some time.
From Time Magazine Archive
But during this century, philosophy and theology have been groping toward a new and nonsubservient dialogue.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bless you, Nancy, for stating so eloquently what we have been groping to say.
From Time Magazine Archive
We can look deeper into things than any generation before us, and the deeper we look, the more we become aware of the outer darkness in which we have been groping.
From The Builders by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
