Groping

Examples

• I'm glad you think it good sport, brother, she continued, groping wildly through this amazement. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• His faculties seemed tranced, and he was still groping for the word to break the spell. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He stared at her, groping in a blackness through which a single arrow of light tore its blinding way. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Now, in groping my way down the black staircase I fell over something, and that something was a man crouching in a corner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Then he commenced groping his way about the floor of the dark chamber searching for the trap that led to the corridors beneath. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Mr. Franklin replied that a course of medicine, and a course of groping in the dark, meant, in his estimation, one and the same thing. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It's as dark as the grave,' said the man, groping forward a few steps. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• She had not known again till today that lightness, that glow of freedom; but now it was something more than a blind groping of the blood. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His mind turned to Gerty Farish's words, and the wisdom of the world seemed a groping thing beside the insight of innocence. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He was on his knees on the floor in a moment, groping eagerly among the books. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Provis, regarding him with a fixed attention, was slowly putting up his jackknife, and groping in another pocket for something else. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• If he were groping in the dark, he could not do better than do his utmost to clear away those clouds in which so much was confused and obscured. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This course I decided on while I was yet groping about in the darkness for the means of getting a light. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Archer's heart had slammed itself shut in the queer way it had, and he sat vainly groping for a word. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She took a little step toward me, her beautiful hands outstretched in a strange, groping gesture. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• But the gropings are there,--vastly confused in the tangled strains of the nation's interests. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

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