Example Sentences

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“The world is facing a new technology, and the law is groping to find ways of dealing with it,” said Bradley J. Hulbert, a lawyer who specializes in this area.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023

He, too, is groping for information to help his customers as world events and torrents of water whipsaw markets.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2019

Kelly is groping for a definition of thoughtful that fits Trump.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2017

When her sweetheart comes in and hands her the towel she is groping for she pretends to him that everything is all right.

From Time Magazine Archive

Until he finds this club he is groping in the dark.

From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry