The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grasp \Grasp\, v. i. To effect a grasp; to make the motion of grasping; to clutch; to struggle; to strive.
As one that grasped And tugged for life and was by
strength subdued.
--Shak.
To grasp at, to catch at; to try to seize; as, Alexander grasped at universal empire,
Usage examples of "to grasp at".
With sharp eyes fixed upon the horsemen, he tried to grasp at their intention.
But in those years he was still alive enough to grasp at these three students.
He found it difficult to grasp at first, though he seems to be catching on to it now.
His lips fluttered soundlessly, and his hands lowered to grasp at his flattened crotch.
Daryth moved like a striking snake, reaching through the widening crack to grasp at the shirt of whoever stood outside.
He could feel the linkage, he could insinuate his will into its flows, to grasp at the magic.
He nodded, and then, to grasp at substance, he turned the subject back to the hard practicalities of toolmaking.
The more they evade, the greater their eagerness to grasp at any fashionable straw or rationalization and to uphold it with glassy-eyed aggressiveness.
Now I felt that I was ready to grasp at any possible motive for the crime.