The thing seemed already so remote that he had to grope back.

Something that made him grope back in his memory of things.

Another little scene comes to my mind as I grope back to those first days of war.

A confusion of associated ideas possessed my brain, leading me to grope back toward the farthest corner of the cellar.

Out of the starless night of the Uncreated, that was before the stars, a soul begins to grope back to light.

He began to grope back among his follies of the past, seeking a crime he had not repented, as the cause of this domestic calamity.

Thurston's words sent him groping back through the details of the visions.

Shivering and half dead with fear, she came groping back into the room.

He groped back to his chair, his chest labouring as he sat down.

Andy, in complete darkness, now groped back to the doors.

Kurt hesitated about getting up and groping back in the pitch-black corners of the car.

So it was that the mind groped back amongst memories which had the greatest appeal.

His fingers, clumsy and uncertain, groped back and forth for a badge that wasn't there!

He groped back in his memory for facts.

For a few moments he lay very still, groping back into a half-world of grey shadows.

She was groping back for childish impressions.