grope

Example Sentences

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Selecting Isak ahead of him lacked logic, smacking of a manager groping for answers, almost trying to get an expensive signing to play himself into the team.

From BBC

The detectives knocked on the door and interviewed Perez-Esparza, who said he punched Johnson in the face because he claimed Johnson groped and propositioned him, according to charging papers.

From Seattle Times

The suspect then approached her from behind and groped her, according to police.

From Los Angeles Times

In many cases, you’re groping around a pitch black room in search of that one bench in a sea of empty space.

From Los Angeles Times

After his conviction, the teenager was transferred to prison, where he was stripped naked and groped, he said, and had his head shaved.

From New York Times