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Meanings of grasp at straws in English

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Usage of grasp at straws in English
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She had no idea what that meant but was eager even to grasp at straws right now.
Hunters in the Dark
2
But all men grasp at straws.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
3
This is followed by a " grasp at straws" solution, which unfortunately for the country is in the guise of incineration.
The Irish Times
4
He was too young to notice the way I was grasping at straws.
Side Jobs
5
I was grasping at straws, trying to restrain a growing panic.
The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
6
Could Jon really be Daegan's son, or was she just grasping at straws?
Running scared
7
For once this is not a pro golfer grasping at straws.
The Guardian
8
I knew I was grasping at straws, but it was like a compulsion.
Monday Mourning
9
I lamented to one of them that I felt I was grasping at straws.
News.com.au
10
She always cheered him, and now he grasped at straws.
Desert Gold
11
Instead, she was grasping at straws, looking for plots where there were no plots.
The god project
12
She is grasping at straws now, because I was at school with her mother.
The Irish Times
13
The fact is I was grasping at straws and I'm sorry I wasted your time.
Bloodfever
14
She's not feeling well, she said, grasping at straws.
Do you take this rebel?
15
He knew he was grasping at straws by accusing either the schoolmaster or Mrs. Nettles.
Speaks the Nightbird
16
He's looking so poorly that I'm grasping at straws.
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