groping

Example Sentences

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“You’re groping in the dark a little bit more.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Such people are groping for answers and meaning.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

That groping for signposts in a fogbound landscape was on display in remarks by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday morning.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Under Spain’s 2022 sexual consent law, the crime of sexual assault takes in a wide array of crimes from online abuse and groping to rape, each with different possible punishments.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

“He turns from the light, groping instead for the darkness which is kinder to him. Already he is beginning to be aware of his difference, baby though he is.”

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya