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grope

verb as in feel about for

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Example Sentences

Female activists handed out flyers depicting a hand emerging from a military uniform and stretching out to grope a frowning woman.

When Winston and some of his friends followed her there and tried to grope her, Brown stabbed Winston in the chest.

Then she closed the door as quietly as possible, and clutching the handrail began to grope her way downstairs.

After a time she managed to grope her way to her bedroom, where, turning up the light, she sank down helplessly upon the bed.

The front room, as I entered to grope for the matches, felt as cold as a stone vault, and the air held an unusual dampness.

It is not merely that I, the fanatic, have had to grope without humour.

It shot out long sinuous pseudopods that seemed to grope angrily.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grope, such as: cast about, flounder, examine, explore, finger, and fish.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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