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Meanings of grope around in English

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Usage of grope around in English
1
I'm annoyed as I stand, ready to grope around for my flashlight.
First degree
2
It is necessary to grope around for comparables at this point.
The Guardian
3
Powpy had to push his little hand inside and grope around for something.
Analog sff, december 2009
4
He could grope around in the dark all night and never find anything.
The god project
5
I dropped the pliers and had to grope around for them in the darkness.
Hell hath no fury
6
Pauline began again to grope around the wall.
The Perils of Pauline
7
I grope around in the dark for one of Jack's T-shirts and the brown leather carry-on.
Snapped
8
His naked eyes shrank to fluttering little dots as he went down to grope around his feet.
Atonement
9
We've got to grope around in the dark and hunt for new ways and learn as we go.
His Family
10
He does not grope around with aimless, futile strokes as if he were feeling for something in the dark.
Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
11
I was neither stunned nor hurt; and I began to grope around me, for as yet I could see nothing.
The Scalp Hunters
12
We're just left to grope around and search for ourselves, and every folk's ideas are different from every other folk's.
The Forfeit
13
Then I grope around in it to see what that is, try different orderings and different concepts and then fix on one.
The Guardian
14
Then he heard him come up against the wall of the cabin, give a grunt, grope around for the door, and pass within.
The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island
15
Wailing women and muttering men in modern dress grope around the dimly lit stage while Jesus writhes in the agony of his crucifixion.
Reuters
16
Now, as James watched his grandma and Uncle Bill approach the casket, he could barely grope around the edges of this sudden, monumental grief.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
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United Kingdom
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