grope
Example Sentences
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You open your eyes and grope for your phone.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024
You grope your way through the phantom market, sometimes to the amused observation of waiting visitors.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023
The grinning actors grope for meaning that lies beneath.
From Washington Post • Apr. 26, 2023
Jameela Jamil, star of The Good Place, offered: "It should only be technical. It's like a stunt. Our job as actors is to make it not look technical. Nobody wants an impromptu grope."
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2022
There took shape in my mind—as though an answer was trying to grope its way out of the depths of me—the tale of a flood, Down by the Riverside.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
Vocabulary lists containing grope
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
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