grasp
Example Sentences
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IT WAS A windy, rainy Friday morning in January when my eyes told me what at first my brain refused to grasp.
From Literature
“Do you hear that, Elizabeth?” she said, grasping my arm.
From Literature
"Before astronomers found planets outside our solar system, we thought we had a pretty good grasp on how planets formed," Libby-Roberts said.
From Science Daily
I thought that was a moment where people were gonna grasp how connected we are — no stages, no hierarchy, we’re all enduring this thing.
From Los Angeles Times
But if he didn’t swim down now and grasp those eyes -whatever they were -he would lose them forever.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
