- present participle of grasp.
grasping
Example Sentences
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But there I was, grasping my husband’s hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
As children, we sense the edges of these silences without fully grasping them.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
A desperate government is grasping for ideas to get the engine going again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Or "who is your team at the Cup?" without grasping it's the World Cup.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
“We did it!” said Zheng, grasping Razi and Shifa and pulling them into a happy jig.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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