| 单词 | grope for |
| 例句 | Alice was groping for the wall and trying to stand up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Several more letters were exchanged, as Pendleton groped for an honorable exit. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mother had taken my place, crouching over the VCR, groping for the wires, as Dad towered over her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He dropped the paddle at his feet and groped for the painter with his free hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The cook stirred in his lean-to behind the kitchen, groping for his clothes and putting on his clodhopper shoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His lips moved as he groped for words. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He groped for words that did not come. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You mean that that thing down there,” she groped for words, her mouth working silently for a moment, “is going to try and tup our campfire?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Moved by a sudden impulse he groped for a loose stone, and let it drop. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He groped for neutral words, words that would convey information but not indicate any shade of his own feelings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He groped for what he knew had been there, and all he fished up was the awful word Weep, slick with wrongness, damp as bad dreams, and tinged with its residue of salt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Bigger groped for the edge of the table with his hand and clung to it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s see,” the animal salesman said, groping for a pen and pad of paper. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The next minute she was holding her head, her eyes squeezed shut, groping for the sofa, and then crumpling softly to the floor with fluttering hands. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer groped for it and, rubbing his eyes with his knuckles, stumbled across the courtyard still half asleep. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z What he meant was clear enough, but I was groping for what lay behind his words, for what his thoughts could possibly be. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z She groped for the light switch and flicked it on. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you don’t need any of that. I mean—” he groped for words. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "Help me saddle a horse," Arya pleaded, reaching back into the chest, groping for Needle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘I have done better, though now I must grope for spent arrows; all mine are gone. Yet I make my tale twenty at the least. But that is only a few leaves in a forest.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He groped for purchase, to push himself up, and his fingers brushed against . . . nothing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sullenly, the young soldier swung about, groped for his boots, and pulled them on. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z He dragged his ladder over, climbed up, and groped for the far jar. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z One of them mimed reaching up high, as though to grope for something on a shelf, and his companion laughed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But Antaeus groped for the hilt, pulled out the sword, and tossed it behind him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Burr embodied Hamilton’s daring and energy run amok in a political culture still groping for its stable shape. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Jon unsheathed his dagger and cut it, groped for the edges of the cloth, and pulled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He groped for the word and found it but didn’t want to use it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s truth to that. I never see her in the company of other womenfolk, and she has about as much luck with men as ...” He paused, groping for a comparison. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Americans,” she wrote, “seem to be groping for a vision in which women have as much opportunity as men to develop their talents and reap the rewards of their labor and still remain women.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Pong's neck scraped against the wooden bars as he jammed his shoulder between them, groping for the staff. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He jerked the door open, and Lefty had time to stare up in disbelief as he groped for his club when Fathers fist hit him in the jaw. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Listlessly, with one hand, he groped for his cigarettes on the night table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She groped for them, and her anxious fingers came away with a film of oil. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like an immense spider, he thought, his mind groping for comparisons that might make sense of the thing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Sefia grabbed her pack from the floor and began rummaging around inside it, her fingers groping for the shape of the book. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He swings open the storeroom door and gropes for the light switch. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I stared at him blankly, my mind groping for connections. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He woke with a start, groping for his sword. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z A female’s gaze was enough to send them groping for their huevos. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As Dana yanked him off the floor, Roy desperately groped for something with which to defend himself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Blinking, Sefia was shoved and shouted at—hands groping for her, words lashing at her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know which is which,” Granny groped for words, “but there’s always a sign on each door, to tell which race is allowed to use which phone.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He groped for the back panel, felt it slide under his fingers, and pushed it all the way aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z His brain itself seemed to have frozen as he pushed through the dark water to the bottom and reached out, groping for the sword. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Bran felt along his shoulders, groping for feathers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Ben asked as he swung his feet to the floor and groped for his blue jeans. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When she knew her mother was groping for a word, she supplied it unthinkingly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Selmy was groping for an answer when he heard the sound of heavy footsteps. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he was done he tossed the empty flagon aside and half-rolled and half-staggered to the floor, groping for a chamber pot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He groped for words, and ended up shifting in frustration back to Common Tongue. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I stretched my arm out, hand groping for the megaphone’s handle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I’m your teacher,” the young girl groped for words, seemingly not knowing what to do or where to begin. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He groped for the glass of water he always kept on the end table, but he couldn’t find it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Unable to cry for assistance, I groped for my wand. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I searched myself, reaching deep, groping for the words he needed to hear. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Beatrice and I groped for our bags and gloves. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She bit her lip, groping for another name. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He groped for the light, realized as he felt the rough walls that he had traveled back to 1944, to the prison hospital again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes went from the copy to the chart as her fingers groped for the letters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I concentrated on the pencil and groped for something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A few of them were getting up again, reassembling, bony hands groping for their weapons. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She rustled in the tatters of her dress, groped for her smoking pipe, then remembered she was out of tobacco and let her hands splay restlessly in her lap. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z He groped for it in the darkness and quickly pointed its beam at whatever was hovering above him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Lurching onto my side, I groped for my brass alarm clock. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She tried to visualize her happiest moments with Miguel, groping for a means to outwit time and find the strength for what she knew lay ahead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z With both arms I swiped out blindly, groping for something to cling to. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I resumed groping for a way from under the table, to find out where my mother had suddenly gone, and why she had awakened me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She returned to her bedroom, snapped off the ceiling light, groped for the lamp, and switched it on. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He groped for the string next to the door, but then he paused, startled. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The freezing air would help keep me awake, and, if nothing else, alert enough to catch my mind blindly groping for Liam’s. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Light and dark groped for each other in the birthing of dawn. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry groped for the doorknob — between Filch and death, he’d take Filch. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I groped for words hut could not find them. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z A tremulous smile touched his face as his hand groped for hers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z George’s fingers groped for the side of his head. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For the first few moments I felt lost, not sure about directions, groping for my helmet and weapon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The other one groped for the wall to steady herself. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Huge pale hands groped for her while veins bulged along Biter's arms, but the bonds held, and finally the man collapsed backward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We made our way across a dismal plain, groping for detail, sight obscured. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “What a night,” he mumbled, groping for the teapot as they all sat down around him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She groped for her husband’s chest in the dark and laid her head on it. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z It took her forever to get down the stairs, turned sideways, gloved hands gripping the flimsy railing, booted feet groping for every snowy step. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Max groped for his hat like a blind man; he found it and jammed it on his head. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Edging over to my left, I groped for the ropes I’d set up that afternoon. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He groped for a pen and pad of paper; Mr. Sloat handed them to him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Omakayas groped for her stick, but suddenly the yellow dog had it in his teeth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It is dark, I grope for the edge of the bed and cautiously try to slide down. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Twinkle nodded, slouched on the floor in front of the fridge, wearing black stirrup pants and a yellow chenille sweater, groping for her lighter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The riders picked their way carefully through the drifts, groping for solid footing on the hidden, uneven ground. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I fumble the key into the keyhole, grope for the light switch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Moonshine is passed from man to man, each blindly groping for the bottle because no one wants to take his eyes off the stage. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Sometimes there was a silence while they waited for my answer, waited while I groped for their words. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I groped for the stair railing in the dark and felt a warm hand take mine. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She stumbled and groped for the car to balance herself. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It groped for life with a hunger both greedy and hateful. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Briony touched her shoulder, and was groping for her hand without success. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Now, my thoughts went still as I groped for his hand. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z What I described as a realistic depiction of strangers groping for what united them, they thought of as fantasy. Perspective | ‘The Band’s Visit’ is the little musical that could 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z In letters sent from prison — themselves war literature — Bonhoeffer was, Carroll recalls, "groping for words to express what remained an unspeakable experience." 'Christ Actually' argues for belief through imitation 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z They grope for some common understanding and humanity. District Six revisited 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z They grope for direction but are seldom lost for words, and beneath their barmy crotchets and pretentious dissertations there’s heartache and yearning. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z When Romano, interviewed by phone, gropes for a way to describe why these scenes have such power, he defers to Bono. How ‘The Big Sick’ makes arranged marriages, Muslim families and a coma perfect rom-com material 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Cat goes along to offer emotional support, but gets a not-entirely-appropriate groping for her troubles, sending her back into the arms of strident cop Sam. Tonight's TV highlights: The First Men In The Moon 2010-10-18T23:05:00Z Each party gropes for advantage by fiddling with the franchise. Why the Right to Vote Is Not a Right 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z I think Wells was groping for a prediction of shell shock, which wasn’t a recognized condition until the First World War, 20 years later. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Sequel to ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z It was with befuddlement and a nontrivial amount of anger that I saw come-lately DVD fans turn “The Big Lebowski” — a movie I thought resisted cultural criticism — into a text to be groped for meaning. Books of The Times: Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman’s ‘Dude and the Zen Master’ 2013-01-06T23:01:49Z It's like," he pauses, groping for a word strong enough, "an obscenity. Brian Turner: words of war 2010-10-27T21:20:00Z More often it ensnares people who are reeling from bad news and groping for answers. They turn to Facebook and YouTube to find a cure for cancer — and get sucked into a world of bogus medicine 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z She’s bluffing, fabricating, groping for a direction in what must often seem like a void. Review: Elaine May Might Break Your Heart in ‘Waverly Gallery’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The killings have produced urban legends about the song and left Filipinos groping for answers. 2010-02-07T10:21:00Z We climb carefully, feeling, rather than groping for, our way on the uneven ground. Into the night: why walking in the dark is good for the soul 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z When you ventured into Shepard’s darkness, you were joyfully encountering an artist groping for the truth in the thickest mists. Sam Shepard’s plays eulogized the American West’s pioneering spirit 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z He gropes for the words and comes up with one of those sparkling gems that Mr. Greenberg delivers with such gratifying frequency. Review: ‘Our Mother’s Brief Affair,’ a Play About Unmoored Lives 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Drawing on memories and relationships, the 32-year-old Catholic University graduate was still groping for the right conceptual canvas for the play, when one was dropped in his path. Perspective | All at once, Broadway is carrying a ‘torch’ for landmark gay plays of the 20th century 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z “It was never that way for me. It’s like groping for something that’s resistant.” His Music Full of Echoes, a Maverick Composer Turns 90 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Norton Simon Museum grope for justice against a backdrop of some of history's worst horrors, he'd probably be a good guy to have around. Court seems to boost claim to 'Adam' and 'Eve' at Norton Simon Museum 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z Mostly, though, it’s a labored device that works against Mr. Doremus’s sometimes persuasive groping for realism. | 'Like Crazy': ?Like Crazy? From Drake Doremus ? Review 2011-10-27T22:04:03Z And yet this kind of groping for scapegoats is facile. Perspective | The Art Basel banana was art, and the peals of outrage were one layer of it 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z He gropes for his water glass as if lifting heavy furniture. Lars von Trier on filmmaking and fear: ‘Sometimes, alcohol is the only thing that will help’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z I was 15 when I first read “The Feminine Mystique,” locked in my bedroom, probably wearing black, groping for any ideas I could find on how not to become my mother. Is motherhood causing my depression? 2013-02-25T23:30:00Z Through it all, Seal gropes for an Anatolian identity that has persisted though so many changes of language and deity. Meander: East to West Along a Turkish River by Jeremy Seal – review 2012-07-06T21:55:10Z Instead, like Joan, they may simply resist the old ways while groping for a new one that remains scary and undefined. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z Stretching forward, they extend their arms as if groping for air while bounding ahead in exaggerated lunges; their feet reverberate loudly and purposefully on the stage’s surface. 2010-02-06T06:48:00Z But the symbolism of shipping containers stacked tall in the shadow of the city's Federal Reserve building can be taken as a slap at a government groping for ways out of its debts. Kansas City public art project takes on debt 2011-10-02T18:56:08Z She shuffles around her apartment, gropes for words she can’t remember, laments her frailties with clear-eyed resignation. 4000 Miles: The Best Play of the Season, Hands Down 2012-05-15T10:00:21Z Finally, a store that’s truly designed to take your breath away while you blindly grope for a lavender-scented door handle to get out, only to realize there’s an entire table of lavender-scented door handles. A review of Anthropologie's new design studio during a panic attack 2011-03-14T18:42:00Z Nauseated and disoriented, I groped for a light switch. Playing Cupid for a Gay Friend on a (Mostly) Straight Cruise 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z In this horror film, oblivious authority figures walk on by as you grope for breath, wondering what it even means to be alive and free. Review | Mieko Kawakami’s ‘Heaven’ follows a bullied boy searching for meaning 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Later, when the other dancers, blinded, grope for balance, she touches them with compassion and soon enough loses her sight, too. Dance Review: Death Comes Calling Once Again, Just as in 1977 2011-03-01T21:37:10Z She’s running from the gas but also groping for the little children, one of whom is barefoot, while the other wears flip-flops and an uncovered diaper. The Direct Gaze of Maria Meza, the Woman in a Viral Photo from the Border 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Anyway, no sooner was I finished groping for history than I surveyed the rest of the museum, because “Funland,” with its immersive outrageousness, is a bit of a departure. ‘Funland’ at Museum of Sex Imitates a Carnival Visit 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z But Fiasco also finds a beguiling continuity in the play’s erratic behavior, in which an unformed author and his untried characters are both groping for their identities. Review: Mating-Season Mood Swings in ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z His is the latest in a growing series of cultural exchanges between the United States and Cuba as the two countries grope for common ground after five decades of hostility. Wynton Marsalis in Cuba to "bring people together" 2010-10-04T20:34:00Z The border between our memories and the past, and not even the very faraway past, is the territory where we begin groping for facts and meaning. My Obsession with a Beatles Song 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z If McCarthy was groping for a further extension of his overworked connections theme, the coral bean would have been perfect, but he mistakes it for a different plant, the palisade tree, erythrina caffra. Peter Carey? Doesn't know his leeches. Tom McCarthy? Bad on moths 2010-10-17T20:44:00Z Everyone is freezing and starving, to the point that suggestible readers may find themselves groping for an extra sweater and sneaking into the kitchen for a piece of chocolate. ‘The Nightingale’: sisters in jeopardy in occupied France 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z As long as they're willing to grope for words in the accelerating global language that Coldplay speaks, the forum gives all its members a chance to speak. A global tongue 2010-05-08T23:05:00Z That philosophy means you’re likely to identify with every one of these characters, all groping for certain knowledge and all destined to be thwarted. Review: In ‘Incognito,’ the Brain Is Dramatic and Mysterious 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z He endows his blighted characters with an instinctive gift for poetry that gropes for patterns in a random and unforgiving universe. Review: In ‘Tonight/Jungle’ by Philip Ridley, Darkness Rules 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z On Broadway, meanwhile, producers seemed to be groping for an understanding of changing tastes, with some daring entries that faltered at the box office. Perspective | Out of dozens and dozens of plays and musicals, these deserved the hottest spotlight 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z She pauses, groping for the right words: “Absent a lot.” Searching for Richard Holbrooke 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z And in the Barrington Stage Company production, you’re often aware of voices and instruments uneasily at odds, with singers groping for the right, elusive pitch. Two Sides of Sondheim in the Berkshires 2010-07-06T21:36:00Z But, obviously, you’re not me, so I’m left groping for something to say. Carolyn Hax: One separating couple, two different ways of dealing with it 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z “If I can’t use the correct scientific terminology,” Bill protests, “I’m just going to come off like a sweaty degenerate groping for sexual euphemisms.” 'Masters of Sex' recap: Bill's demons arise during TV shoot 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z “Love dancing. Love the physical sensation of dancing. If you were to ask people their three favourite activities, they’ll normally say talking, eating …” He gropes for the third. Gaspar Noé: 'Six people walked out of Climax? No! I usually have 25%' 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z They are groping for connection, for understanding; anything that will lay the ghosts and put the past to rest. Cannes film festival 2013 diary: day three 2013-05-17T15:37:23Z When he’s groping for a word, and that is often, he tends to fill the gaps with “you knows” and bursts of laughter followed by bursts of ideas. With Atlantic article on reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates sees payoff for years of struggle Michael Cragg Cold Cave The Great Pan Is Dead Galloping synth-rock flag waver, the toast of the US blogs, which leaves me exhilarated and groping for comparisons. F&M playlist 2011-02-17T21:45:00Z The families portrayed in many of this season’s works often seem swept away on a heaving tide of current events, groping for anchors in a universe that no longer feels safe or familiar. It May Be Home, but It’s No Sanctuary 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z I was striving to be selfless, to feed the hungry, to French kiss and grope for ardency without baring my breasts. Holy bodies, holy hungers: Pumping breast milk during the Pope’s pizza party for Mother Teresa 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Through the first two weeks of the NFL season, a lot of confounded teams are groping for ways to move the football. Why don't NFL quarterbacks call the plays? Hall of Famers Tarkenton, Staubach, Kelly did 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z The Titans are groping for an offensive identity, although their defense is going to play tough and coach Mike Vrabel will have them ready. NFL Week 2 picks: Can Rams upset 49ers? Chargers or Titans, who will remain winless? 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Foreign governments, both friendly and hostile to Russia, were left groping for answers to what had happened behind the scenes and what could come next. Putin pays tribute to Russian pilots killed fighting mutineers 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The extraordinary events left governments, both friendly and hostile to Russia, groping for answers to what could happen next in the country with the world's largest nuclear arsenal. UK prepared for a range of scenarios in Russia - PM Sunak 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Confusion over the weekend's extraordinary events has left governments, both friendly and hostile to Russia, groping for answers to what could happen next in the country with the world's largest nuclear arsenal. Russia seeks calm after aborted mutiny, West sees cracks in Putin's power 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z We've been groping for the facts surrounding the torture program created and implemented by the administration of President George W. Bush. Crimes against humanity, American-style: United States continues quest to hide torture 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Three years after Britain left the European Union, and nine months after Britons grieved the death of the queen amid political and economic upheaval, the country is still groping for a post-Brexit identity. A Coronation and an Election Leave a Restless U.K. ‘in a Waiting Room’ 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z The grinning actors grope for meaning that lies beneath. Review | Start spreading the news: Broadway’s ‘New York, New York’ is a snooze 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Communist Party as it groped for a new identity. Charlene Mitchell, first Black woman in presidential race, dies at 92 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z “The phrase you’re groping for is ‘Thank you,’” says the man. Lee Lorenz, New Yorker cartoonist who cultivated new talent, dies at 90 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z While we groped for something solid to hold onto, they waited behind us, often with huge baskets of cargo balanced on their heads. As climate change melts the storied snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro, a climb to the roof of Africa 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z The backsliding is occurring as nations grope for alternatives to Russian natural gas, cut off by sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine. Fossil fuel projects were stalled a year ago. Now they’re making a comeback. 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Truss’ resignation on Thursday was one more jolt in a succession of upheavals that have left the United Kingdom groping for some semblance of unity. With another prime minister gone, what's next for an already diminished Britain? 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Because with these mass shootings, we grope for the gunman’s motive: Mental illness? Perspective | 20 years after D.C. sniper attacks, we keep ignoring what it was all about 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Originalists claim to be guided by the original meaning of the Constitution and argue that everyone else is swayed by their own subjective values in groping for other kinds of reasoning. How Justice Scalia created chaos: "Originalism" is just right-wing ideology in disguise 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z “Like the hands of the correctional officer on my abdomen searching for metal — rather — groping for the sake of taking over — for possession,” one begins. The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z But the war in Ukraine has left Mr. Putin groping for allies in his escalating conflict with the West, while feeding an expanding campaign against anyone inside Russia with suspect loyalties. Russia Moves to Close Agency Handling Emigration to Israel 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z If Mr. Biden makes concessions — we grope for a better word — to MBS, it would be on behalf of others as well as himself. Opinion | Biden’s risky outreach to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z Putin’s Victory Day speech might indicate he is groping for a way out, as the British defense minister suggests, but there is no easy exit from the disaster he created. Opinion | Putin is trapped in a quagmire and doesn’t know how to get out 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z “I decided to grope for another path out there.” How climate scientists keep hope alive as damage worsens 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z That leaves parents groping for information when helping kids with homework. GOP pushes US schools to post all class materials online 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z With the omicron variant raging across the country, school systems are again shutting down in-person learning as communities grope for ways to protect school staff and ease the strain on overburdened hospitals. Perspective | Closing schools again won’t stop omicron. It’ll just hurt kids. 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z His pronouncement denied Democrats the 50 votes needed to pass the legislation under special budget rules, leaving leaders groping for a way forward. Democrats Set Timetable to Change Rules for Stalled Voting Rights Bills 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z In this construct, people grope for little turns, such as the SEC’s 1-5 record in its first six bowl games in December. Analysis | Another Alabama-Georgia showdown brings with it more fretting about college football domination 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z “Associating someone with Nazis is a standard of evil which lazy rhetoric resorts to when it’s groping for negatives.” N.Y. man gets 19 months for urging ‘slaughter’ of lawmakers who OK’d election results 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z That has left the administration groping for a balance that often seems to satisfy neither side. Biden meets with Canadian and Mexican leaders, attempting a reset 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z At a time when technology is transforming the future of warfare, the two sides are commendably groping for language with which to discuss arms control efforts in an age with new arsenals of weapons. Opinion | The ice between the U.S. and Russia may be thawing — for now 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z Much of Mattfeld’s performance of blindness comes down to a tendency toward mellow groping for objects and looking just off to the side of the action. Is There a Right Way to Act Blind? 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z Fans shot to their feet in multiple standing ovations, and two-time French Open champion Jim Courier was left groping for superlatives. Novak Djokovic outlasts Rafael Nadal in a French Open classic, earns spot in final 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z I’m groping for a social justice movement, in other words, that would be anti-oppression and without the dehumanizing cruelty we’ve seen of late. A Christian vision of social justice 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z As Mr. Trump continues to grope for a way to undo his electoral loss to President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., he is also engaged in a furious effort to torpedo Mr. Kemp’s political future. Brian Kemp Cast His Lot With Trump, and Has Now Paid the Price 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Tuesday’s developments left bankers and global investors groping for answers. China halts Ant's record IPO, leaving Jack Ma's empire in limbo 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z In the final debate a week later, Biden groped for a metaphor to convincingly portray the country as a union that crisis could strengthen rather than divide. Joe Biden Wishes He Had More Time to Answer Your Question 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z So I’ve paid close attention as studios groped for a pandemic strategy. Opinion | Be prepared to say goodbye to movie theaters 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z There’s no debating that, but there’s also no question consumers deserve a system that doesn’t leave them hopelessly groping for safety information. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Every nation is groping for an approach that will save lives, mitigate the economic harm and prove feasible. Economists must collaborate courageously 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Without a rationale for reelection, Trump gropes for one. Opinion | Trump’s gun-toting supporters are firing blanks 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z As the region groped for a future beyond factories and coal, the Greens won widespread credit for transforming two cities, Loos-en-Gohelle and Grande-Synthe, into models of environmentally friendly, sustainable cities. France’s Far Right Wants to Be an Environmental Party, Too 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z They pressed high and quickly, and England were left to grope for a foothold. Czech Republic inflict first qualifier defeat on England in 10 years 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z There is clearly a place for editorial judgment — for being that arbiter of truth — and the social platforms are now groping for it. Pinterest’s work in public health shows the good a smaller social network can do 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z O’Rourke seemed to be groping for a way to reconcile the cruelties at the border with the decent American people he wanted to see. How Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro Respond to Trump’s War on Immigrants 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Buttigieg may not have settled the controversy ensnaring his campaign, but he showed himself to be an accountable leader groping for solutions. Factbox: How each U.S. Democratic candidate performed in the... 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z He, too, is groping for information to help his customers as world events and torrents of water whipsaw markets. Epic floods and trade wars – the US farmers battered by politics and climate 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z As passengers groped for baggage, a lethal bottleneck formed in the plane’s single aisle, Interfax reported. In Russian Plane Crash, Investigators Look at Pilot Error, Equipment Failure and Weather 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Last month, writing about the difference between platform problems and internet problems, I noted that the ultimate answer we are groping for is how free the internet should be. How extremism came to thrive on YouTube 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z She blinked a few times, groping for her glasses. “What Can You Do with a General” 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z They groped for a way to engage a conversation. “Short Talk on Homer and John Ashbery” 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z He slams on the brakes, opens the door, gropes for his cane. “Time for the Eyes to Adjust” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Artistic directors groping for a respectable path forward talk about the need to create “events” in an environment in which people are already anxious about how much they’re spending on home entertainment options. Times critics reflect on how the Great Recession affected theater, music and the arts - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z He stood before audiences — when he did so at all, which wasn’t often — and thought deeply, groped for words, started and stopped, generally failing to inspire or persuade. The Scientist Who Scrambled Darwin’s Tree of Life 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Management groped for ways to bring in new revenue. Visionaries and scoundrels made the Los Angeles Times, which returns to local ownership after 18 years 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z And it demonstrates that three weeks before the June 12 meeting, the White House is still groping for a strategy to negotiate with a reclusive, suspicious nuclear-weapons state. Trump Backs Away From Demand for Immediate North Korean Denuclearization 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z He gropes for human feelings the way Eliza fumbles for mellifluous vowels. What 'My Fair Lady' and 'Carousel' bring to Broadway that 'Mean Girls' does not 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The threats of firing, the actual firings of anybody who comes to close to the facts, the groping for any piece of driftwood that might keep the executive's head above water. Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z What he gropes for requires art, not analysis. Taking Greenland’s geology to another dimension 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z But with the militants now in retreat, the White House is groping for a way to maintain relations with the Kurdish fighters without further alienating the Turks. As Turkey Attacks Kurds in Syria, U.S. Is on the Sideline 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z If you are groping for markers by which to measure how profoundly we have been changed since Inauguration Day, here’s one you might want to consider: One year in — hang in there 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z People show up to work for pay, not to be groped for their coworker's pleasure. NBC Receives at Least 2 New Complaints About Matt Lauer 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Take his observation after losing the 1992 election: “I think in defeat you grope for things that make you happy, and it’s hard.” That sound? It’s Westminster’s sex pests rehearsing their excuses | Marina Hyde 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Others in West were equally in awe, groping for an explanation. A small town in Texas. A huge explosion. An unsolved mystery — and the long road back. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z But I was groping for a way of comparing, and finding parallels between, nuclear and climate threats. Twins of the Apocalypse: What Hiroshima and the Climate Threat Have in Common [Excerpt] 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z Lilla acknowledged that part of the problem of campus “correctness” is driven by late-adolescent groping for identity and communal belonging, and that factors unrelated to identity politics are indeed in play. Trump is bent on becoming a tyrant, and liberals have never been more helpless to stop him 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Famous brands can lumber on as they grope for a digital future, but most local papers are fighting for survival. Trump era boosts shares for major newspapers, while local papers face famine 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z But groping for tiny cracks can also reveal unknown territory — it just takes more patience. Rare particle decays offer hope of new physics 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z "I actually began feeling this four to five years ago, and at that point I basically had to keep going while groping for some way to deal with it," she said. Japan's Miyazato retiring at end of season 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z If Snowden is a traitor, he is not a traitor to the whole United States, rather to a divided nation groping for a balance between personal privacy and national security. Exiled Edward Snowden earns money, stays relevant via video chats 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z President Trump called himself “instinctual” this week, but the word he must have been groping for was “untruthful.” Opinion | Mr. President, the disgrace is all yours 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Upon taking the handoff, Bell approaches the line of scrimmage as if groping for a light-switch in darkness. Steelers Hold On Against Chiefs to Reach A.F.C. Championship 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z They say Republicans are still relying on Mr. Holmes’s years-old brainchild because they are groping for a replacement with their new unified government days away. ‘Repeal and Replace’: Words Still Hanging Over G.O.P.’s Health Care Strategy 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Since a book or film is not in the cards, blindly groping for succor in your boredom can be a danger. Feeling My Way Into Blindness 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The fumbling is one way in which the format mirrors the content – meandering stories about groping for a clear path through grief. This is the end: undertaking a journey to beat the fear of death 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z He fell silent for a time, groping for an explanation. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z The real analogy that the VA’s Mr. McDonald was groping for is France. We’re All in Disney World 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z This was bound to be a year in which markets would grope for an understanding of the pattern of behavior we’re going to display in the future. Top Fed official: ‘The case for raising rates looks pretty strong.’ 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z I forget my condition and grope for my glasses, wherever they are, as if they could solve the emergency. Feeling My Way Into Blindness 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, of all the bibulous candidates to claim some kind of uber-patriotic mantle as the nation gropes for its next leader, AB InBev is the least convincing. Why Budweiser is the last beer that should call itself ‘America’ 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z The spiral is feeding itself, and while Congress gropes for solutions, the day-to-day problems keep getting worse. Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Fiasco Is a Harbinger of Mainland Woes 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z "The market is still groping for direction," said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida. Wall St. stumbles as oil resumes slide 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The U.N. groped for details about how to create a “humanitarian task force” for Syria called for by a new cease-fire deal between the U.S. and Russia. Your Friday Evening Briefing: Hillary Clinton, Kanye West, Syria 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z He has groped for a line on Ted Cruz—he was born in Canada, he stole the Iowa caucuses, he has no friends—without finding anything novel to say. The Bush and Trump Family Grudge Match 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z His mind groped for answers as he wondered if he had done something wrong. After 25 years, San Antonio man has a chance to begin again 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z In its own hackneyed way,13 Hours gropes for racial sensitivity, showing Libyans working and fighting alongside the Americans, rather than blurring into an amorphous mass of evil stereotypes. Michael Bay's Benghazi movie is an unexpectedly apolitical Rorschach test 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The music simply stopped on his watch, and it is he who is left to grope for a chair. He’s made the Middle East worse: Let’s be honest, Obama bears as much responsibility for this mess as predecessors who shaped them 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Both creators were missed as Palace groped for a cutting edge against a Chelsea defence that was well protected by Mikel. Chelsea swagger past Crystal Palace with Willian goal a gem for Hiddink 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Analysts expect profits to stabilize next year, but companies across many industries are groping for revenue growth amid the still-slow global economy. Lower returns and bigger price swings are coming in 2016, but not a recession, say analysts 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Often, they use the secrecy afforded to shell companies, leaving victims groping for redress, unable to identify their predators or even, in some cases, to prove a crime has been committed. Real Estate Shell Companies Scheme to Defraud Owners Out of Their Homes 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z But European governments are again groping for ways to separate people with a strong case for refugee status, like Syrians who are fleeing war, from those who want to move to Europe for economic reasons. Migrant Crisis Leads to Calls for Tighter Borders in Europe 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Officials in Berlin, speaking on condition of anonymity as they groped for a solution, even mentioned using majority voting — and not the traditional consensus — to decide the matter. Quota Proposal Fails to Gain Traction as Germany Prepares for More Arrivals 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Orban hailed “a different era”, but Friday brought more desperate scenes in a crisis that has left Europe groping for unity. Migrants set out on foot, escape train as Hungary crackdown crumbles 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Aid workers, even those faced daily with harrowing scenes of hardship, groped for words to characterize Wednesday’s tragedy at sea, in which 12 people were thought to have drowned. Death of Syrian toddler throws global spotlight onto refugees crisis 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z In Washington, when you call for a study, it's often because you are losing the debate and groping for more time. Below, Justice Denied 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z Following battlefield failure, the United States groped for the exit like a man cast in darkness. America’s July 4 military nightmare: With our recent history, could we even beat the British today? 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The Hong Kong government is also groping for a way forward. In Hong Kong, Thousands March Toward a Political Impasse 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Once he was safely in the toolshed, which had no windows, he groped for a flashlight and found one on the usual shelf. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z This profound question left me groping for words. Joyce Carol Oates to Grads: Be Stubborn and Optimistic 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z As Congress gropes for an end game on major legislation this week, Mr. McConnell, the majority leader, knows one thing for certain — the clock ticking toward Memorial Day is his friend. Today in Politics: Jeb Bush Seeks a Shifted Focus in New Hampshire 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Orthopedic surgeon Charles Banta, who operates at the hospital, said, “I saw the beginning of AIDS,” referring to the initial public fear when a deadly infection appears while the medical community gropes for answers. Dallas hospital tries to repair its reputation after Ebola missteps If Americans were ambivalent about sex, the courts have been even more dodgy as they groped for workable definitions as to what constituted obscenity and what was protected by constitutional values of free expression. THE BUSINESS OF SEX: HAVE WE COME TO A NEW NORMAL 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z And it left past champions groping for superlatives worthy of Kvitova’s tour de force, which capped a tournament that a few days ago seemed bereft of female stars. Kvitova needs only 55 minutes to win her second Wimbledon title Ask him a question about the history of England’s team and Sterling will be left groping for an answer. Mum’s the word for Raheem Sterling, the new symbol of England 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Echoes of a recent column of mine about the GOP groping for relevance. Cathy McMorris Rodgers ducks and covers in GOP earthquake 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z As authorities in Britain and elsewhere groped for the line between free speech and incitement, and sought to avoid alienating law-abiding Muslims, he remained at liberty despite his bilious views. Reeled in 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z Tech pundits and social media theorists were groping for metaphors last week in a debate over when it’s acceptable for journalists to quote tweets by Twitter users who aren’t public figures in their articles. Quoting Tweets Is Fine, But Twitter Would Rather Not Say So 2014-03-17T11:41:00Z Mr. Galifianakis, who rose to fame as one of the stars of the movie “The Hangover,” frequently leaves his guests groping for answers to his questions. Obama’s New Approach Takes a Humorous Turn 2014-03-11T03:01:49Z He added: ‘‘Heroes and heroines are accidental individual, even existential, figures, groping for a meaning that is always one step beyond full understanding.’’ Sinosphere Blog: A Chinese Spy Novelist’s World of Dark Secrets 2014-02-20T21:00:03Z He said he remained skeptical that further military intervention would solve the problem, although he appeared to be groping for other options. Obama Warns Companies Against Trying to Evade Iran Sanctions 2014-02-11T22:29:54Z Ever since ancient societies started tentatively groping for explanations of physical phenomena, the goal of physics has been to discover the most basic unifying, connected principles of the cosmos. Physics and fundamental laws: Necessary truth or misleading cacophony? 2014-01-22T22:48:08Z "After groping for a pretext, OPM essentially declared the federal government a small employer," Johnson wrote. Senator Ron Johnson to sue over healthcare subsidy for Congress 2014-01-06T14:24:54Z Frequently invoked in the immediate afterglow of the Arab Spring as an option for Arab neighbors groping for a way forward without despots, Erdogan took it on the road in 2011. Corruption Scandal Could Help Turkey 2014-01-02T18:35:23Z For the international media, a visit to Brazil - especially for the first time - fills the senses and leaves journalists groping for traditional clichés about sunshine, beaches and samba. Brazil discovers a new beautiful game 2013-06-17T10:23:09Z Nearly five years after the U.S. financial meltdown, the soap opera continues as Wall Street, Main Street, and our government continue to grope for ways to forestall future crises. Why Companies Should Put Values First — And How They Can Do It Without Sacrificing Growth 2013-05-01T17:26:28Z They are groping for similar bureaucratic solutions and ending up in the same downward spirals that are killing teaching: see for example How Not To Fix Health Care. A Nation Still At Risk: Finding Enduring Solutions For Our Schools 2013-04-15T15:36:54Z So I notice that because I am groping for words more. Now 74, NPR’s Susan Stamberg talks about the ups and downs of aging 2013-02-18T23:31:01Z And as that word you are groping for actually deals with meaning or the search for meaning, then "semantics" are exactly what one interested in the truth would really want in this debate. Why the NRA Is Skittish over the Gun-Show Loophole 2013-01-31T18:35:26Z Scribner groped for a scrap of paper to scratch out his vision: two tubes, connected by a shunt, could join a patient's vein and artery for long-term dialysis to clean toxins from the blood. The dialysis dilemma: urgent need vs. overtaxed system 2013-01-17T00:44:29Z This Jon Walters-inspired dismissal of a side groping for consistency extended Stoke's club record unbeaten run in the league to nine matches. Stoke City 3-1 Liverpool 2012-12-26T21:58:17Z A week earlier, Christie had belittled Obama's leadership, likening it to a man wandering around a dark room, "hands groping for the lightswitch." Storm's wrath offers New Jersey's Christie political windfall 2012-11-28T11:10:12Z The basic problem is that the eurozone power group is groping for something that doesn't exist. Eurozone politicians striving for the impossible on Greece 2012-11-21T16:18:04Z As the United States gropes for a relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood-led government in Egypt, much will depend on how Mr. Morsi navigates this perilous moment. Obama Steps Back Into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 2012-11-20T18:07:23Z “We are at a stage of groping for a system to select the power holders.” Letter from China: Strongmen Still Cast a Long Shadow in China 2012-11-14T10:30:13Z He paused, groping for the name of that actor — what do you call him? Joseph Lhota, M.T.A. Chief, Uses Twitter to His Delight 2012-09-18T01:55:25Z Most of the witnesses speak Pennsylvania Dutch at home, and some apologized as they groped for the right English word. News Analysis: In Amish Hate-Crime Trial, a Look at Reclusive Sect 2012-09-01T17:28:00Z The Pollock works here are less mature; these are the paintings of an artist nearly 30 years Orozco’s junior, groping for his subject and his style. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Men of Fire: José Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock,’ in East Hampton 2012-08-26T03:50:03Z Nelson, his fellow Bulldog, groped for the right words. College Football Trash Talk Is Now Open for Business 2012-08-25T20:00:04Z He groped for the right words “I don’t know, like on some level he knew, like he was trying to make amends or head it off somehow.” Greg Ousley Is Sorry for Killing His Parents. Is That Enough? 2012-07-19T16:27:19Z Today’s volunteers seem to be groping for a larger definition of citizenship. Op-Ed Contributor: Russia’s Summer of Idealism 2012-07-18T05:04:33Z She groped for the least offensive form for her question. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z She ran up the stairs and was groping for the handle of Mr. Audley's door when the door opened abruptly and Toft stepped out, a candle in his hand. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z Even now, its members admitted to having only the broadest outline of a plan, and the briefing was slated for 8:30, when most senators are still groping for coffee or pounding the treadmill. Obama vs. Boehner: Who Killed the Debt Deal? 2012-03-28T15:37:31Z I? cried Susannah, shutting the door in a huff.——If she can, I’ll be shot, said my father, bouncing out of bed in the dark, and groping for his breeches. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2012-03-28T02:00:26.907Z And yet some impulse led him to step softly into the porch and grope for the knocker. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z It was when his mind groped for an image that he clutched the bracket. An Edinburgh Eleven Pencil Portraits from College Life 2012-03-21T02:00:30.747Z Taking a grip upon himself he waited a few moments until his nerves were steadied, groped for the match-box, struck another match, and went on. A Hero of Li?ge 2012-03-16T02:00:21.347Z A little milk remained in the can, and with infinite precaution she groped for the vessel and found it. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z She groped for the latch of the last, and found it, but, with her hand on it, paused. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "Have you got it?" she whispered, thrusting in her arm and groping for me. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z Some one groped for the lamp, lit it and turned in time to see Florence pass out of the room into that from which they had come. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z Fanaticism and bigotry will ever strive to speculate on human weakness, and endeavour to surround with impenetrable mists every rebel to their power who gropes for the shrine of reason and of truth. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z He groped for his revolver, but the sight of Jack standing over him, pale but determined, revolver in hand ready for the next move, cowed him. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z She groped for the latch, and in the act fancied his breathing was changed. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z “You girls can laugh if you want to,” rejoined Cora, “but all the same I’ll think about this and perhaps dream about it until I recall the face I’m groping for.” The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z It was so intensely dark that I had to grope for it, and in doing so touched his hand. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z He let the pipe fall from his hand to the floor, and he groped for his stick that he might rap and summon assistance. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z As my eyes came back to him he opened his and saw me, and, raising himself, in a trice groped for his pistol. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z He groped for her hand, and would have carried it to his lips, but as men kiss relics or the hands of saints--if she had not withheld it from him. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z There was the sound of a hand being passed over the door, as if some one unacquainted with it, and uncertain on which side it opened, were groping for the fastening. A Little Wizard 2012-02-15T03:00:38.160Z She had let go of my wrist, and when I groped for her she was gone. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z He reached the foot of the staircase, and with an accustomed hand he groped for and found the door of the dining-room. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z This done, only one thing remained to be done--only one thing: to lean over the abyss, trusting all my weight to the frail cord, and to grope for the sill. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Yet on the instant, and by a transition so abrupt as to sound incredible to men of these days, he composed his face, groped for his rosary, and began to say his offices. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He bent to his skiff and shoved it into the water; then he turned to grope for what he had dropped on the lawn when Wolf's unexpected attack had interfered with his plans. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z Then there was the groping for matches and the upsetting of the lamp. Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z He walked blindly to the door, and groped for the handle.... The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z Bending low upon the horse's neck to avoid recognition as long as possible, he groped for his revolver and held on his way. Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad 2012-01-31T03:00:13.130Z A hand groped for him, a foot was set hard against him, and something wrenched at his clothes. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Here was what Bell had been groping for, on and off since his student days: some quantitative means of distinguishing Bohr's interpretation of quantum mechanics from other coherent, self-consistent possibilities. How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival [Excerpt] 2012-01-30T18:15:00.243Z I groped for the chair and set it to face the open night. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z She listened intently for a moment, and then groped for the little form which had been laid at her breast. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z Then very gently I groped for the handle. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z She waited till the voice was silent, till the last line was ended; then sprang from bed, and groping for pen and paper, scrawled in the gray twilight the "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z He groped for the bed and sat down, limply, still staring at the check, which he held in his hand. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z Rose said it so fervently, that Mac was moved to grope for her apron and hold on to a corner of it, as if it was comfortable to feel her near him. Eight Cousins Or, The Aunt-Hill 2012-01-15T03:00:12.507Z Mrs. Basine, groping for an understanding of the elation among her guests and desiring to share it, thought of her grandchildren. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z While a hand groped for the switch he flung himself on the floor, and crept under the bed. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z It was so intensely dark," he says, "that I had to grope for it, and in so doing, I touched his hand. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z A breathless moment his brain groped for her meaning, grasped it with incredulous joy. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z He sat with lips parted in anguish, and his hand groping for support. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Vainly groping for the interpretation, he could not discover what the Seven and the Girdle meant. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z I groped for an electric switch, touched it, and flooded the vestibule with light. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z With these words the Courageous little Man dived between the widow's agitated legs and groped for the elegant walnut case of his exquisitely chased pistols. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z He groped for paper—a pen, and drew them toward him. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Willie went to a side-wall and groped for a button, pushed it and held it, then resumed his place before the fire. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z In blindly groping for her freedom she had given herself to a new and more complete bondage. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z As I stumbled out of bed and groped for the dressing-gown which Teano had unpacked, I saw the woman tiptoe towards the door. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The old man faltered in his speech and, as if the room were dark, groped for our hero's hand; the latter drew back. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Without an instant's hesitation Dawson stooped, swung his companion over his shoulder, and staggered on, his right hand groping for his automatic. On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z All the time, of course, I was using my mind on this problem, groping for causes. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z He groped for the ends of the broken threads, but they were hidden in the outer void. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Wulfrey reached out an arm and groped for a loose blanket and dragged it over them and so hid the nightmare from her. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Then, groping for the block, she laid down her head, putting her chin over the block with both her hands, which holding there, still had been cut off, had they not been espied. Mary Queen of Scots 1542-1587 2011-11-20T03:00:16.107Z "I never heard anything better in the way of a sermon," said Andrew, groping for an answer. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z While she was groping for words he stood up, repeating his original suggestion. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z Ms. Thornton put her hand down his throat, groping for food. The Neediest Cases: Coping After the Loss of Their Father 2011-11-10T02:36:23Z Given their last two games, the Cowboys are groping for answers. Cowboys Sense the Season Slipping Away 2011-11-05T16:47:44Z The sounds became louder, and the writer’s awkward groping for the keys was more noticeable now. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z The last part is a psychological blunder, has no pertinence to the question, and is not what Hamilton was groping for. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z Then, summoning up her resolution, she leant over the stroke-thwart, and shudderingly groped for the Acting Chief's pockets. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Slowly the man lowered his head to his arms and groped for the thread of his thought where he had left it. Snowdrift A Story of the Land of the Strong Cold 2011-10-23T02:00:22.547Z Still striving, finite for the infinite, Man groping for the mystery of God, A river that would fain engulf the sea! Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z His shaking hand crawled along the table, groping for the dice-box and lifted it. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Instinctively his thoughts groped for a memory that seemed dim and far away, a memory that caused his body to vibrate with a reawakening desire to live. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z She tapped her narrow chest, and a look of horror crept into her face; her mind seemed to be groping for something. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z He raised his hands and pressed them against his eyes, and one of them was lowered suddenly, feebly groping for support. Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains 2011-09-15T02:00:11.393Z A similar groping for the principle upon which a wrongful publication can be enjoined is found in the law of trade secrets. The Right to Privacy 2011-09-11T02:00:10.037Z And still Herrick knew that Mrs. Hope's message was but a part of what he had to hear and that his hostess still groped for terms in which to tell the rest. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Now he groped for a cigarette, and, drawing a jeweled match box from his pocket, lit it with trembling fingers. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z He sat up quickly and groped for the revolver he had placed beside him. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls' Vacation Adventures Shirley Willing to the Rescue 2011-09-05T02:00:22.290Z I got up and groped for my clothes, and dressed as well as I could in the dark. The Gentleman Cadet His Career and Adventures at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 2011-08-31T02:01:40.423Z Nevertheless, I presently found myself on the floor groping for my slippers and feeling for my cloak. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z And on the instant he was in his chair again, leaning forward, groping for her bare hand. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z The act was unconscious, equivalent to the automatic groping for one's slippers which perchance the reader's own well-regulated feet perform on similar occasions. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z The child gropes for a piece of paper. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Fernando Torres's desperate groping for the kind of form that once lit up Liverpool has obscured the struggles of the Premier League's most expensive Englishman for goals. Liverpool 3-1 Bolton Wanderers 2011-08-27T18:39:05Z Her arm against her face to shut her distorted features from sight of her accusers, she stumbled to the door, groping for the knob with her free hand. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Soon he stirred, groped for her hand, and lay with his cheek against the rough palm. The Return of the Soldier 2011-08-26T02:00:23.937Z The room swam before his eyes, and he groped for a chair. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z The dog gave a mournful howl of excitement, missed the bread, groped for it, and fled. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z He groped for his hat, like a blind man. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z He sighed again and groping for his big chair, sat down, with the sheet of paper spread out upon his knee. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z When you arrived at the SBA in 2009, many small businesses were desperately groping for financing. Starting Up America 2011-08-18T18:00:00Z This was his introduction to what Real-Barcelona matches have become as Mourinho gropes for a formula to nullify the brilliance of the best side in the world. Jos? Mourinho turned to violence against Bar?a to mask his own failure 2011-08-18T16:31:28Z The future had a nasty habit of rearranging one's plans; life changed so fast that it left one groping for stability as if spun furiously on the head of a top. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z The little girl out there, who is getting us up a statement for to-morrow, figured him out for the dog he is while I was still groping for the facts. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z She caught her hand—the one he groped for—to her cheek. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Roy groped for words; Faith was suddenly afraid of what he might say. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The flatiron “hostage situation” today was the perfect example of the rippling stupidity effect of Twitter Some New Yorkers, though, groped for a silver lining. City Room: #trendingnyc: The Week on Twitter 2011-07-29T20:19:05Z When it was over, and Jibbey had been released, gasping and sobbing, to stagger back against the tunnel wall, Smith groped for the candle and found and relighted it. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z The man approached nearer, slowly, and with uncertain step, groping for the balustrade as he came. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z He took a step forward, the lawyer for a moment again uppermost, the perplexed mind groping for the conventional expression of professional regret. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z By design or not, the two sides' harsh remarks obscured concessions that narrowed the differences among the nation's political leaders as they groped for a way to resolve the economic crisis. Debt Ceiling Duel: As Deadline Draws Closer, Obama, Boehner Each Make Primetime Pitch 2011-07-26T03:30:00Z His mind was ever groping for the material welfare of his country. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Half-awake, Dane groped for the breastwork, falling over several negroes on the way, and when he reached it the blackness was Egyptian. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z "Later on," he muttered, groping for the handle of the door so as to support himself. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z He would grope for the pieces of his miserable food, and search the earthen pitcher for water. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z She was in a very bad humor, and her warped nature was groping for something on which to vent its accumulated spleen. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z Leland groped for a lantern, and, when he had lighted it, hung it to a hook in the stall joist, so that its light fell upon them. By Right of Purchase 2011-07-14T02:00:10.167Z She went to the bookcase, and groped for a map of the Metropolis and the country round, but could not find one. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He groped for the door, but could not find it; and then rushed madly against a wooden partition, which gave way, when the house seemed to fall about him. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z The door stood open between the fore-room and the kitchen, where she was groping for a lamp. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z Ahn, in the artillery chamber room, groped for a flashlight, then found his way to the top level of the boat, which was on its side. With S. Korea?s mandatory military service, a cycle of adjustments 2011-07-06T23:33:37Z Nelatu at length succeeded in getting his antagonist under him, and with one arm strove to hold him, whilst with the other he groped for his tomahawk. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z Mr Webster groped for the wounded man, drew him away, and then paused to look up, for they were passing the vessel whose lights they had seen. The Golden Rock 2011-07-05T02:00:22.137Z Here, as everywhere, human action blindly gropes for knowledge. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z "An answer to my question, villano," said the young Frenchman, haughtily—while his hand instinctively groped for the hilt of his sword. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z Then he groped for the reins; as he expected, they were looped in the harness. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The fellow bent and groped for the hook of the chain sling. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z Staggering to his feet he groped for his companion, for the place was in total darkness, the force of the detonation having extinguished all the lamps in the vicinity. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z He groped for the neckerchief he had taken from her; but it was forgotten, it lay in his other clothes. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z At times, however, the word fails to come and we grope for it. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Descending the wall, they would have to grope for foothold. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z I sat for hours in my room, that night, trying to find some solution of the mystery and groping for a future course of action. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z He now had something definite to go upon; it was no longer a case of mere blind groping for hidden motives. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z He felt something groping for his hands and feet, felt the point of a knife graze the skin of his wrist and ankles—felt the thongs loosen and drop apart. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z A few precious seconds were lost in groping for the ladder there. The Meadow-Brook Girls Across Country The Young Pathfinders on a Summer Hike 2011-06-13T02:00:31.687Z He appeared to her like a man who had been groping for something for a long time and at last had found it. If Any Man Sin 2011-06-12T02:00:05.887Z I came home through the cold, and have sat here regretting my foolishness and groping for the right course to pursue. The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z I don't know why—every reason—you attract me, but I know I'm groping for you! The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z This time in court, however, jurors were allowed to see scenes of a palpably nervous Mr. Headley groping for one last deal. A Witness Overshadows a Terrorism Defendant 2011-06-08T02:01:30Z He scarcely felt the weight thus suddenly thrown upon his shoulders, but cautiously groped for a projection on the rock above. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z “I—I’ll fix you for this,” he snarled, getting to his feet, groping for the companionway, which he could not see, for by this time his eyes were shut by the swelling. The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy 2011-06-06T02:00:06.803Z I was groping for a solution when the Doctor exclaimed: "There's the manor!" A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z This helplessness pressing against her breast recalled her poignant childhood, unmothered yet often in passionate grief groping for maternal arms. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z They struggled up, and Gordon felt that they were groping for his throat. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The giant bent far into the hogshead and began groping for the meat at the bottom. Canadian Fairy Tales 2011-05-30T02:00:14.087Z The rhetorician went on one side, lay on the ground, and groped for a path; but his hands encountered only fox-holes. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The Major gulped his rum and dived for the door—while Jim groped for his cap. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z He considered more profoundly, his arm still on her shoulder; but there was in it no acquiring touch, only a clinging—the clinging of a weak hand groping for companionship. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z We groped for our playthings in the twilight, till quite suddenly the crois�e of the casement showed as ink-black lines crossing a square of blue-white fire. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Writers groped for ways to describe the majesty of the young Mr. Brooks’s self-regard. Joseph Brooks, a Maker of Jingles, Songs and Films, Dies at 73 2011-05-24T01:23:04Z The next instant 319 Reivers was diving like a flash into the black water, groping for MacGregor, while the current swept him into the total darkness. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z Finding I was not hurt, I fell to groping for a way out again; then I noticed the rottenness of the timbers, and determined to enlarge the light I had just made. A Crime of the Under-seas 2011-05-17T02:00:16.540Z She went herself across the room, her knees sinking under her, groped for the door, weakly closed it and turned the key. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z "That settles it, then," said Andy exultantly, as he began to unwrap himself from his blanket and grope for his rifle; "and mebbe I won't surprise a few of the noisy gents out there!" The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z "We'll soon be all right!" and as he turned swiftly and reached out his arms to grope for her, it seemed to him that she walked right into them. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z These thoughts ran through Toppy’s mind as he stood outside the pit, with his white-faced men looking up to him, and groped for a way out of his dilemma. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z An hour into this match, they were still groping for accuracy, for rhythm, as Ancelotti's reign approached the point of no return. Manchester United dream of treble after sweeping aside Chelsea 2011-04-12T23:06:02Z But the fight must be made; and, rousing themselves for the effort, they groped for the halyards. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z He groped for the button on the wall. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Dan grew dizzy, and groping for something to cling to, his hand scraped across the door. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z The Boeing 737 lost cabin pressure after the hole appeared on Friday, prompting frightened passengers to grope for oxygen masks as the plane made a terrifying but controlled descent. Hole in plane roof forces emergency landing 2011-04-03T08:41:03Z He tried to find the door but he stumbled, groping for it, until the attendants of the court had to take his hands and lead him outside. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z In which direction to grope for it David did not know. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z He groped for support, sank into a chair, and covering his face with his hands, sobbed like a child. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z I remembered what Hickman had stated while groping for the direction. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z A sceptic will say the England coach and his merry band merely grope for an explanation that gets them off the hook for the poor stewardship of last summer's World Cup campaign. Fabio Capello has failed to help England's elite beat their demons 2011-03-20T00:07:04Z She groped for the iron bars, found them after an instant, and drew herself toward them. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z He felt his hands involuntarily groping for his pistols, as the opposite light flashed from window to window and he knew his mother was being ordered about by those insolent Redcoats. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z She tried to collect them, groping for them in memory; all at once her thoughts hurried to the future,--the confusion subsided,--she understood! 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Her face is ashy pale; she trembles; dizzily she gropes for a support. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z As the frost settled down about me I at length, by a great effort, sprang out of bed and went groping for my clothes. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z The doctor groped for the latch, and entered the miserable little room, which was lighted by a flickering paraffin lamp. More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z Burl sat tensely still, his wide eyes watching everything, his mind groping for an explanation of what he saw. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z The habit of a lifetime of groping for realities began to assert itself, and I found myself chafing at not being able to find things out for myself. A Woman's Experience in the Great War 2011-02-26T03:00:48.257Z He closed his lips tightly and groped for a chair. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z I groped for the desk where I had seen the registry lie, there it was still in the same place. Withered Leaves. Vol. III.(of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:13.983Z I went once upon a time in the dark to grope for a berth on board of his buggalow, and stumbling over some one’s toes, inquired to whose legs they belonged; ‘All’s,’ was the reply. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z His hands groped for hers, and he laid it against his lips. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z She put out one hand, groping for something to hold. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z Vainly he groped for the switch operating the front door light. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z A few men groping for a solution of the problems of sin and suffering, and for the meaning of this troubled existence, thought they had found it in the new philosophy. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z The finer spirits, indeed, were groping for a purpose and a destiny, doubtful even if the racial isolation they perpetuated were not an anachronism. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z "It's—let me see, we have called him Pip constantly—" he groped for the rest of the recital Jasper had given him one day concerning the lad so thrown upon their sympathy. Ben Pepper 2011-02-07T03:00:21.607Z Ben groped for a chair, upon which he weakly dropped. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z "But I thought you just said that you—you couldn't—that is, that you'd—er—given up," floundered the doctor miserably, as if groping for some sort of support on a topsy-turvy world. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z He groped for his bucket, with its seedy sponge all but submerged in the dirty water. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z She put out her hand toward her husband, groping for the document he bore. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z And to Dolly, 'Good night, Miss—' Then he hesitated, groping for the name. In the Mountains 2011-01-27T03:00:37.910Z “What have I done!” he mumbled, groping for coherency. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z He did not see her at first, for she was only a faint blur in the dark, but at her whispered “David!” he paused, his hands groping for hers. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z But one man being more difficult to please than his neighbours continued to go from one to another groping for a good fat one. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z But many stepfamilies are groping for new ways to describe themselves at a time when half of first marriages end in divorce and four in 10 babies are born to unmarried women. Blended families more common, but the 'step' in 'stepmom' still carries a stigma 2011-01-19T15:04:41Z While I groped for my hat in the hallway, I heard the querulous jerky voices speaking again inside the room. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z Startled, Penny sat up and groped for the night table lamp. Whispering Walls 2011-01-17T03:00:48.373Z David commanded gently, as he groped for a handkerchief to wipe his streaming eyes. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z As macroeconomists grope for new ideas to reinvigorate the profession, they're looking past the one-liners and harking back to the old masters. Economics' Newest Thinking Comes from the Old Masters 2011-01-13T22:00:00Z As Phil and Mac pumped and struck at the sharks, Louie groped for the provisions pocket, grabbed the patch kit and began repairing the holes. Louis Zamperini: survival of the fittest 2011-01-16T00:04:04Z My first thought was of fire; and with the shock of that I sprang up and across the room, groping for the handle of the door. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z “Of course he doesn’t,” broke in Britt, seeing that his associate was groping for a reply. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z She would have groped for words to express that quality within her that burned a steady flame all these years, unquenchable, even under the soul-stifling, damp blanket of charity. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z In the very early days of slides, while men were still groping for correct principles, this important axiom was too often neglected. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z Suddenly fearful, she jerked open the door and groped for a light. Signal in the Dark 2011-01-06T03:00:43.537Z But the Partridge Hunter, with his arm across his eyes, came groping for me through the red, red room. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z That rang in Trent's brain; rang and echoed and reeled away, and left him to grope for the meaning. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Then, sobbing soundlessly, she groped for her shoes in the little green hammock swung across the windows; found them, put them on, slipped to the edge of the berth. Girl Alone 2011-01-27T03:00:36.117Z At this point in her thoughts he groped for her hand as lovers are wont to do. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z They began to grope for each other, like blind people, and nothing that had gone before seemed to them more horrible than to be lost in this pitiless blackness. The Golden Triangle The Return of Ars?ne Lupin 2011-01-01T03:00:23.890Z The artist is evidently still groping for a satisfactory adjustment of his design and colour to the demand for light. Stained Glass Tours in France 2010-12-30T03:00:24.760Z He groped for the shattered frame; clutched something tangible; fought against a terrible paralysis. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Ever since human intelligence became enlightened enough to grope for a meaning and purpose in human life, this problem of the existence of evil has been the burden of man. Through Nature to God 2010-12-24T03:00:36.410Z He returned to the easel, groped for the brushes and began to paint again. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z He tumbled into his clothes and groped for his collar stud, which, with the guile of these wayward things, had crept away to hide. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The next minute he was unstrapping his trunk and groping for his skates. God's Green Country A Novel of Canadian Rural Life 2010-12-21T22:55:55.287Z Again Mrs. Marborough groped for words and finished awkwardly: “Please, I beg of you, don’t tell anyone what you have seen tonight, particularly the barren state of this house.” The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z Then stealing along the wall, she groped for the electric light switch. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z She rose and groped for her hat and hatpins lying on the table. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z McTaggart groped for her hand under the heavy rug; and the girl, contentedly, let it lie in his warm clasp with a child's confidence. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z As sales fell, the company’s executives grew dissatisfied with their advertising agency and started groping for a new strategy. Case Study: Spending More on Ads to Overcome a Slump 2010-09-22T21:47:00Z Suppressing a giggle, she groped for the old boot which floated nearby. The Wishing Well 2010-12-20T17:12:27.090Z His lack of practice in the arts of apology and atonement is all too evident as he gropes for the words in which to express an emotion he probably does not really feel. Richard Williams: Capello misses chance for fresh start 2010-08-10T14:00:00Z She groped for his arm and with a contented sigh nestled her cheek in his hollow hand. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z His hand groped for the cords and the lift slid down to the ground floor. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z Ms. Dunford and her co-facilitator, Mary O’Hara, a social worker at the cognitive neurology center, negotiate this thorny terrain with considerable tact, gently prompting participants who grope for words or lose their focus. Chicago News Cooperative: Trying Improv as Therapy for Those With Memory Loss 2010-08-08T00:44:00Z On Monday, instead of eating his words he groped for excuses after a finals showing that left him baffled and England's supporters feeling cheated and humiliated. England make painful World Cup exit as post-mortem begins 2010-06-28T18:14:00Z The blockade followed, and remained in place until the Mavi Marmara shattered the status quo, and set Israel groping for a new policy. What Israelis Really Think Should Be Done About Gaza 2010-06-19T05:15:00Z She felt two twitching lips grope for hers. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z In Queens, Ms. Constant gropes for her old self, the one her children need. A Parish Tested: The Story of a Haitian Family in Queens That Lost a Father and Husband in the Port-Au-Prince Earthquake 2010-06-08T18:58:00Z U.S. housing groped for footing after more than a year of homebuyer tax credits worth up to $8,000 expired on April 30. Loan demand to buy homes sinks to13-year low 2010-05-19T13:00:00Z But as Europe gropes for a solution to a debt crisis that threatens to spread from Greece to Portugal and Spain, American officials have been resolutely reticent. News Analysis: U.S. on Sidelines as I.M.F. Moves to Help Greece 2010-04-30T00:24:00Z India today is groping for answers on how to respond to the Maoist attack. A Massacre Prompts New Debate Over India's War With Maoist Rebels 2010-04-11T22:05:00Z She had glided down from her seat to lay her head on his knees, and now she crouched between the sofa and Konrad's chair, and groped for support. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The two defensive guardians are still groping for consistent speed of limb and thought. Wayne Rooney's injury pain adds to litany of late-season calamities 2010-03-30T23:35:00Z Lisette said, like she was groping for a light switch, “Is Momma in—some kind of trouble?” Joyce Carol Oates: “I.D.” 2010-03-22T04:00:00Z "The committee is groping for the rest of the story," he added. Toyota boss faces tough questions 2010-02-24T05:39:00Z There ensued forty-five years of groping for a law which should clear up the enigma of the solar reversals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" I can hardly believe that to-day I shall attain that peace of mind after which I have been groping for years. The Undying Past "Please, it's just Pip," replied Pipette plaintively, groping for Pip's hand under the desk. "Pip" A Romance of Youth A few nights later Simpson’s sleep was disturbed by a rattling window; in the dark he rose and groped for a piece of paper wherewith to stuff the chink and stop the irritating noise. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine She reached out behind her, groping for the modelling platform, and sank down upon it. The Belovéd Traitor Called to the bedside of his friend to give him consolation, he discovered to his sorrow that both he and the dying man were blind guides who were still groping for light. The Story of Our Hymns I groped for you in the darkness, but because I had dropped your hand, I was punished by not finding it again. Where the Path Breaks Greef King stood an instant breathing hard, then, without withdrawing his eyes from the prostrate form, his hand groped for the cold goblet and lifting it to his lips he drained it to its dregs. The Valiants of Virginia And that night last week when he was nearly dying of thirst and crawled out over the open field, groping for something to drink. Woman Shrouded by the gloom of the hollow, she drew back to her bed, and without turning her eyes away from him, groped for one of her bamboo stakes. Into the Primitive |
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