English example sentences with "grasping"

Today, as Americans, we grieve the brutal murder -- a horrific massacre -- of dozens of innocent people. We pray for their families, who are grasping for answers with broken hearts.

In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

I sprang to my feet, my inert hand grasping my pistol, my mind paralyzed by the dreadful shape which had sprung out upon us from the shadows of the fog.

The elephant's trunk has several functions, including breathing, olfaction, touching, grasping, and sound production. The animal's sense of smell is about four times more sensitive than that of a bloodhound.

You're grasping at straws.

Did you ever hear that my father was an avaricious, grasping man?

Most of us have a hard time grasping how far away the moon is.

In experiments in which Sorensen was blindfolded and wore earplugs, he was able to detect how strongly he was grasping the different objects he picked up, as well as their shape and smoothness.

Of course, there were dedicated reformers, ardent revolutionaries and hardened nationalists among them, too, and fearful governments tottering on the edge immediately accused them of causing all the trouble and of grasping at impossible theories of government or being manipulated by foreign enemies.

Are you grasping the concept?

Are you grasping the idea?

I'm grasping at straws.

Tom was firmly grasping his balls.

You have difficulty grasping women's perspectives.

Life experience is essential for grasping specific matters.

They're grasping at straws.