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Meanings of grasp at in English

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Usage of grasp at in English
1
In matters of health, especially, men grasp at the most unpromising straws.
California and the Californians
2
Our imaginations did not grasp at once the world's need of us.
The Gay Cockade
3
The poor Dyspepsy's eager grasp at beatification relaxed: he went underground again.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 3
4
Jack Skyd made a grasp at him, lost his balance and followed.
The Settler and the Savage
5
There is that uncomfortable silence as the other men grasp at words.
My Sister's Keeper
6
None probably; but in the presence of defeat you grasp at every hope.
Dark Hollow
7
She wanted to grasp at some of the magic opportunities of the city.
The Nine-Tenths
8
He would let slip the substance of authority to grasp at the shadow.
Democracy in America — Volume 1
9
Yet for salvation they grasp at the straw of the Law.
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
10
Mr Sudberry, in despair, made a desperate grasp at this and caught it.
Freaks on the Fells: Three Months' Rustication
11
My revenge, long waited for, was in my grasp at last.
Dead Man's Rock
12
This makes their stories obscure and not easy to grasp at first reading.
Tales of the Wilderness
13
Why scorned you gold and lands to grasp at castles in the air?
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 01
14
The boys clutch and grasp at their father to no avail.
Kings of the earth: a novel
15
He was willing to grasp at anything that offered him a chance-dreamstraws.
The Bramble Bush
16
His nature had prompted him to rush upon everything, to grasp at everything.
The Garden of Allah
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Grasp at across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common