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grope for

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Verb1.grope for - feel searchingly; "She groped for his keys in the dark"
feel - grope or feel in search of something; "He felt for his wallet"


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Indeed, the poor little creature experienced so much trouble and delay from having to grope for these articles of dress in mud and kennel, and suffered in these researches so much jostling, pushing, squeezing and bandying from hand to hand, that by the time she reached the street in which the notary lived, she was fairly worn out and exhausted, and could not refrain from tears.
And for twelve years Elam Harnish had continued to grope for gold among the shadows of the Circle.
Rose said it so fervently that Mac was moved to grope for her apron and hold on to a corner of it, as if it was comfortable to feel her near him.
 
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