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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Ycu said a lot of things I have been groping to put into words for some time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
So, putting spurs to his garron, he was galloping determinedly over the muir, when others might have been groping about for a solution in the intricate chambers of the brain.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
