grasping

Metcalfe’s pursuit of revelation in a single lost poem is magical thinking, a relentless grasping for a chimera.

Still, the case gives him purpose, and once his path converges with Robbie’s, he recognizes him as a fellow blind driver on a crash course, grasping for direction.

“Canceled” never quite answers this question explicitly, even though the very relevant topic of misogyny feels within grasping distance.

And that also means coaching some sophisticated concepts, which he said his players are grasping to a surprising degree.

The only thing worse than a grasping and nakedly calculating politician is a politician who wraps his grasping and naked calculation in all sorts of red, white and blue bunting.