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Gropingly backward into the past reached the fingers of memory, until at last they seized upon a faint picture, faded and yellow with the passing years.

From Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Gropingly, again and again she went over in her thoughts the long journey here, seeking fruitlessly to know whether she had come north, south, or east from the ranch-house.

From Judith of Blue Lake Ranch by Gregory, Jackson

Gropingly clutching at every object within reach, she made her way into the dark interior; flung herself full dressed onto the bed, her face buried desperately among the covers.

From Where the Trail Divides by Lillibridge, Will

Gropingly, he divined in front of him a future of tyranny on her side, of expected submission on his.

From Marriage à la mode by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Gropingly the colored woman's hand went to a table at her side, and held out to Kate a tintype photograph in a faded pink paper cover.

From Kildares of Storm by Kelly, Eleanor Mercein