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

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 • Nov. 25, 2025

The American people will be left groping in the dark.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

“One leg, two legs — got it,” Dave Laithwaite, a volunteer at the sanctuary, said while groping around in the mud in the kiwi’s narrow den.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

Mother had taken my place, crouching over the VCR, groping for the wires, as Dad towered over her.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover