Thesaurus / grope
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Then she closed the door as quietly as possible, and clutching the handrail began to grope her way downstairs.
DOPESAX ROHMERAfter a time she managed to grope her way to her bedroom, where, turning up the light, she sank down helplessly upon the bed.
DOPESAX ROHMERThe front room, as I entered to grope for the matches, felt as cold as a stone vault, and the air held an unusual dampness.
MASTERPIECES OF MYSTERY, VOL. 1 (OF 4)VARIOUSIt is not merely that I, the fanatic, have had to grope without humour.
THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILLGILBERT K. CHESTERTONIt shot out long sinuous pseudopods that seemed to grope angrily.
THE REVOLT OF THE STAR MENRAYMOND GALLUNSuddenly Meyrick was seen to start as if he had been shot, and to grope wildly and hurriedly in his pockets.
FORGING THE BLADESBERTRAM MITFORDWe have now to grope our way towards a basis of sanity and health in these vital matters.
THE BOOK OF LIFE: VOL. I MIND AND BODY; VOL. II LOVE AND SOCIETYUPTON SINCLAIRHopeless to search further among empty swamps and forests, to grope at large in this hushed wilderness, to coerce a jungle.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELLThe weapon would not need to hesitate and grope; it would obtain admission into the tissues off-hand.
MORE HUNTING WASPSJ. HENRI FABREAll the other historians suffer from a certain bedazzlement in which they grope about.
THE BEST OF THE WORLD'S CLASSICS, RESTRICTED TO PROSE, VOL. VII (OF X)--CONTINENTAL EUROPE IVARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO GROPE
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beats
- beats about
- casts about
- chase after
- checks
- combs
- examines
- explores
- ferrets
- forages
- frisks
- goes in quest of
- goes over with a fine-tooth comb
- goes through
- gropes
- grubs
- gun for
- hunt for
- hunts
- inquires
- inspects
- investigates
- leaves no stone unturned
- looks
- looks for
- looks high and low
- looks over
- pokes into
- pries
- probes
- prospects
- quests
- rakes
- ransacks
- rifles through
- roots
- rummages
- runs down
- scans
- scours
- scouts
- scrutinizes
- seeks
- shakes down
- sifts
- smells around
- studies
- tracks down
- turns inside out
- turns upside down
- abut
- adjoin
- be in contact
- border
- brush
- butt on
- caress
- come together
- communicate
- contact
- converge
- dab
- examine
- feel
- feel up
- finger
- fondle
- frisk
- glance
- graze
- grope
- handle
- hit
- impinge upon
- inspect
- join
- kiss
- lay a finger on
- lick
- line
- manhandle
- manipulate
- march
- massage
- meet
- neighbor
- osculate
- palm
- palpate
- partake
- pat
- paw
- percuss
- pet
- probe
- push
- reach
- rub
- scrutinize
- sip
- smooth
- strike
- stroke
- suck
- sweep
- tag
- tap
- taste
- thumb
- tickle
- tip
- toy with
- verge
- blows
- brushes
- caresses
- collisions
- communications
- contacts
- contingences
- crashes
- cuddlings
- embraces
- feelings
- feels
- fondlings
- grazes
- gropes
- handlings
- hits
- hugs
- impacts
- junctions
- kisses
- licks
- manipulations
- nudges
- palpation
- pats
- pecks
- perceptions
- percussion
- pettings
- pushes
- rubbings
- rubs
- scratches
- shocks
- strokes
- strokings
- tactilities
- tactions
- taps
- tastes
- touchings
- advance
- assay
- attempt
- bet
- brave
- challenge
- chance
- dare
- dare say
- defy
- endanger
- essay
- experiment
- expose
- feel
- front
- gamble
- get down
- go out on a limb
- grope
- have a fling at
- hazard
- imperil
- jeopardize
- lay open
- make a stab at
- make bold
- operate
- play for
- play the market
- presume
- put in jeopardy
- put up
- risk
- speculate
- stake
- stick one's neck out
- take a crack at
- take a flyer
- take a plunge
- try
- try out
- volunteer
- wager
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