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• She groped in her coat pocket and pulled out Laura’s “Klingonian” address.2019, Paul Werner, The Last Voyage of the Yankee Seas, TWENTYSIX, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry Klingonian
• There's a hand groping around on my thigh in the murk.2015, Jonathan Wesley Bell, i dog (page 43). From the entry Naziphobe
• I closed the door hurriedly on the babel and groped my way back to bed.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 11. From the entry babel
• Mixed aphasia: characterized by such disorders as agrammaphasia, syntactical aphasia, word-salad speech, groping speech, repetitious speech or paraphasia.2013, Sara M Stinchfield, Speech Disorders, →ISBN. From the entry agrammaphasia
• Maples acknowledged the peculiar compliment with a smile, but Trump, groping for an even specialer moment, then asked, "How's mine?"1991 October, “Naked City: The Usual Suspects”, in Spy, page 26. From the entry specialer
• Without a thorough knowledge of the sound system we do not read, we decipher, transverbalize, stutter, stumble and grope.1943, Revista, page 124. From the entry transverbalize
• While groping her way about, Eve barked her shins against pieces of furniture that seemed to be lying topsy-turvily about.1940, Emma Orczy, chapter 14, in Mam’zelle Guillotine, London: Hodder & Stoughton. From the entry topsy-turvily
• The pipy arms, ending in bony claws were outthrust as if ankylosed in the posture of an eternal dreadful groping.August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, Weird Tales, "The Treader of the Dust". From the entry ankylosed
• "I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we will patiently grope round for it."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry patiently
• Nothing can be so nonplussing to a seeker as to have to grope about in a fog for the thing sought.1907, William A. Bryce, H. de Vere Stacpoole, “The Reavers: A Tale of Wild Adventure on the Moors of Lorne”, in The Boy's Own Annual…. From the entry nonplussing
• But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw.1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw. From the entry fusillade
• Gaynier, a New York lawyer, is hopping mad because, she says, getting on an airplane these days means being groped by a stranger.2004 November 2, Joe Sharkey, “When a Pat-Down Seems Like Groping”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Dec 2018. From the entry hopping mad
• Startled by the fury of his own unforeseen vengeance, he groped over to the doorside switch, turned on the light and opened the hallway door.2000, Patrick R. Penland, Hosteled Prodigal: Beyond Laundered Morality, page 300. From the entry doorside
• I cannot remember when—in moviegoing or life—I so longed for an honest bit of daylight as I did while groping my way through Bird.1988, John Simon, “Sweet Bird of Untruth: Bird”, in John Simon on Film: Criticism, 1982–2001, New York, N.Y.: Applause Theatre & Cinema…. From the entry moviegoing
• He was seeing for the first time the translation of the crisp, cold official words of police procedure into reality and he was groping.1968, Dorothy Uhnak, chapter 3, in The Bait, London: Mysterious Press in association with Arrow Books, published 1988, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry crisp
• I groped around a bit to find the bell-push, and let them have a full five seconds clatter, just to show what I was thinking of them.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 8. From the entry bellpush
• He put his penny on the counter and, leaving the curate to grope for it in the gloom, retreated out of the snug as furtively as he had entered it.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “Counterparts”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 107. From the entry curate

Meaning of grope

1. verb To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
2. verb To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
3. verb To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.

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How do you use grope in a sentence?

Grope is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The parents found the couple kissing and groping.”

What is a short sentence with grope?

“The parents found the couple kissing and groping.”

What does grope mean?

Grope means to feel with or use the hands; to handle.