GRASPING in a Sentence
Learn GRASPING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
247 example sentences for GRASPING, such as:
1. She felt a firm grasp on her hand.
2. The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
3. He stopped short, not grasping what he heard.
4. It's very simple, once you grasp the concept.
5. I failed to grasp the film's central concept.
2. The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
3. He stopped short, not grasping what he heard.
4. It's very simple, once you grasp the concept.
5. I failed to grasp the film's central concept.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of GRASPING
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grasping
n. understanding with difficulty
n. the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He stopped short, not grasping what he heard.
2 The mills had been her darlings, her pride, the fruit of her small grasping hands.
3 The negroes had frolicked through the legislature, grasping aliens had mismanaged the government, private individuals had enriched themselves from public funds.
4 The broad, straight, unenticing gashes of the streets let in the grasping prairie on every side.
5 Suddenly he came to a halt by the bulwarks, and inserting his bone leg into the auger-hole there, and with one hand grasping a shroud, he ordered Starbuck to send everybody aft.
6 It makes a woman grasping to see her children want for things.
7 The trouble is," sighed the Doctor, grasping her meaning intuitively, "that youth is given up to illusions.
8 A desperate and fruitless struggle to recover the branch succeeded, and then the savage was seen for a fleeting instant, grasping wildly at the empty air.
9 He then seated himself in the center of the cavern, grasping his remaining pistol with a hand convulsively clenched, while his contracted and frowning eye announced the sullen desperation of his purpose.
10 The mother sank under the blow, and fell, grasping at her child, in death, with the same engrossing love that had caused her to cherish it when living.
11 Instead of grasping at the chance of safety which that offered him, he sprang from his bed and flew at my throat.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
12 Anyhow, I feel great grasping white hands in the air, wanting to get hold of the throat of anybody who tries to live, to live beyond money, and squeeze the life out.
13 Oh, no, no, never mind,' said the young woman, grasping Oliver's hand; 'I'm better now.
14 While the reddleman was grasping the stakes Wildeve seized the dice and hurled them, box and all, into the darkness, uttering a fearful imprecation.
15 Her hands were grasping the arms of her chair, and I saw that the pink nails had turned white with the pressure of her grip.
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1 To say they are weak and grasping is an understatement.
2 Just try and grasp the essentials of the argument.
3 The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
4 He can't grasp the basic concepts of mathematics.
5 Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.
6 The recoil was so violent it almost tore the weapon from his grasp.
7 Solutions which seem self-evident to humans are often beyond the grasp of computers.
8 Certainly if the job were offered me I'd grasp at the chance.
9 I failed to grasp the film's central concept.
10 It was a difficult concept to grasp , but Sam latched on very quickly.
11 It was a difficult concept to grasp, but I soon latched on.
12 It's very simple, once you grasp the concept.
13 It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
14 She felt a firm grasp on her hand.
15 Don't look forward to tomorrow, don't miss yesterday, to grasp today.