grasp
Example Sentences
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He could feel it against his gloves — and the sensation of the ball bouncing out of his grasp before it fell into the arms of Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair.
From Los Angeles Times
They held one and other and looked in their eyes, grasping for words.
From Barron's
It has taken me many years to grasp that wellness is inherent in the community we inhabit.
Or maybe it just sounded like a cool phrase, and no one involved grasped the weirdness of the metaphor.
From Salon
Climate scientists try to explain why global heating is so devastating and why it will get worse from here, but even they struggle to fully grasp something so complex.
From Salon
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