grope for

Examples (10)

• She groped for the door handle in the dark.
• Waking up in the middle of the night, he groped for the light switch.
• The diver groped for his oxygen tank in the murky water.
• He dropped his keys and had to grope for them under the car seat.
• In the smoke-filled room, the firefighter groped for a survivor.
• The old man groped for his glasses on the bedside table.
• The speaker, lost for words, seemed to grope for the right expression.
• With his hands tied, the captive could only grope for a way to escape.
• After the power outage, I groped for my phone to use its flashlight.
• The new government was groping for a solution to the economic crisis.