groping
moving or going about clumsily or hesitantly; stumbling.
showing or reflecting a desire to understand, especially something that proves puzzling: a groping scrutiny; a groping expression.
Origin of groping
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- grop·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use groping in a sentence
While these allegations exist along a spectrum of severity, from emotionally harmful language to persistent and unwanted groping, they echo the abuse that Annecy claimed to have been subjected to and imply a longstanding pattern of behavior.
‘Drag Race’ Star Sharon Needles Terrorized a 15-Year-Old Superfan. And They Weren’t Alone. | Amy Zimmerman | December 8, 2021 | The Daily BeastI vividly recall, that day and the weeks afterward, people groping for a decent way forward.
“He was groping for some way to phrase the emotions that usually were kept securely locked up,” said Eleanor.
The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address | Ray Robinson | July 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMiranda Barbour is said to have initially told police that she acted alone and stabbed the man only after he began groping her.
A Satanic Killer of 100 People? More Like One, Cops Think | Michael Daly | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe U.S. Open of Surfing dissolved into vandalism, looting, and groping.
Instead, Republicans are groping for answers as the slow march toward the fiscal cliff leaves them ever more divided.
Why the Fiscal Cliff Is Causing a Nervous Breakdown on the Right | Howard Kurtz | December 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTgroping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it.
The Boarded-Up House | Augusta Huiell SeamanDonny found himself, dazed and alone, upon the cross-ties, groping toward the oncoming train.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. Wardgroping his way with half-closed eyes back to the bed, he falls again into a heavy, dreamless slumber.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThey went into the haunted house then, groping their way in the darkness, for they had left their own lantern in the dory.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithShe knew the spot well, and groping for the wall, she stood breathless and spray-beaten beside the gulf.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry Ward
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