grope

Example Sentences

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Scott, delivers a powerhouse performance, despite having to occasionally grope for a line that isn’t immediately in reach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2024

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

If Mr. Biden makes concessions — we grope for a better word — to MBS, it would be on behalf of others as well as himself.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2022

“I began to grope around in the rubble,” she said.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022

His naked eyes shrank to fluttering little dots as he went down to grope around his feet.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan