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grope for

VERB
  1. feel searchingly
    She groped for his keys in the dark

How To Use grope for In A Sentence

  • Hardships grope for years. If I can anticipate results.
  • We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.
  • Millions of tiny polyps have emerged from their limestone cells to stretch out their minuscule arms and grope for food.
  • Games that were danced through last season with verve and energy now feel laborious, as players grope for the glitter that once trailed behind them. Times, Sunday Times
  • Or you can pull over, put the vehicle in park, unfasten your belt, stick your head between the front seats, and grope for a spell.
  • Passing the stone-basined fountain in the middle of the park he stopped, jerked the pistol from his pocket, spilled the cartridges from its magazine, and stooped to grope for a loose stone in the walk-border. The Price
  • Toby had to feel his way along the counter and grope for the back stair, a ladderlike shaft up to the "modern" addition. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • Nevertheless, as the attack grew ever more frenzied, I still somehow managed to retain the presence of mind to grope for the necessary remedy.
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