grope
verb (used without object)
to feel about with the hands; feel one's way.
have groped
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present perfectof grope.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And because the Supreme Court has yet to clarify Escobedo with any new decision, some 27 lower courts have groped for the right interpretation.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the past few years, at least 21 states have groped toward legislation on surrogacy, without success.
From Time Magazine Archive
Better even, it has lately seemed, to be guideless and lightless; fortunate those who, by desolate effort, trying hither and thither, have groped their way to some independent power.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
The haggard aspect of the little old man was wonderfully suited to the place; he might have groped among old churches and tombs and deserted houses and gathered all the spoils with his own hands.
From The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
The important point in all this is that this old system, so self-sufficient and self-satisfied, should have groped its way toward a divine sympathizer in human form, a living and helpful god among men.
From Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 by Frank F. Ellinwood
