Verb I groped for the light switch. She groped around in her purse, looking for her comb. We groped along the dark passage. She claims that her boss tried to grope her.
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China is through the worst of its spring slump, as megacities like Shanghai and Beijing grope toward full reopening and fiscal stimulus starts to kick in. Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 15 June 2022 But others show children appearing to grope classmates on a playground.New York Times, 31 May 2022 Big swings have been jerking markets around in recent weeks as investors grope to guess how much economic damage Russia's invasion of Ukraine will do.Arkansas Online, 10 Mar. 2022 Skip moves close to Candy, near enough to grope her. Mark Jacobson, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021 This leaves the rest of us to grope around in the dark and hazard guesses. Chris Roberts, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021 The people who write about cities—I’ve done it myself—also tend to grope for organizing metaphors in current science. Adam Rogers, Wired, 10 Aug. 2021 The clock isn't going back to a time when a young White man could get drunk, grope women, and brag about his parents' money. Jay Parini, CNN, 7 Aug. 2021 Yet even as Lebanon began last year to grope through one of its darkest moments, volunteers came from every corner of the country to help. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2021 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English, from Old English grāpian; akin to Old English grīpan to seize