Crossword clues for groped
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grope \Grope\ (gr[=o]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Groped (gr[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Groping.] [OE. gropen, gropien, grapien, AS. gr[=a]pian to touch, grope, fr. gr[imac]pan to gripe. See Gripe.]
To feel with or use the hands; to handle. [Obs.]
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To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.
We grope for the wall like the blind.
--Is. lix. 10.To grope a little longer among the miseries and sensualities ot a worldly life.
--Buckminster.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: grope)
Usage examples of "groped".
He groped for the aspirator, found it, pointed it down his throat, and pulled the trigger.
I threw the pack to the floor, leaned Verity's sword in a corner, kicked my discarded clothing under the table, blew out the candle, and groped my way to bed.
There were no colours left in the dim world, and away from the firelight I groped like a mole as I searched for wood.
Perhaps it was the ghost of Nighteyes who reproached me for my surly silence to our friend, for after a time I groped for some words to bridge the dark between us.
Perhaps some have used them, but each time I’ve passed through one, the disorientation and the…’ I groped for words.
I looked at the blade and groped for a sense of connection, for any emotion at all, but could not find one.
More annoying was knowing that Thick was observing me as I groped, and taking pleasure in my inability to break through it.
So, the Fool held his little box of light out in front of us, and we groped our way forward.
The floor became uneven and our pace more shuffling as we groped ahead with numbed feet.
The dragon’s touch seemed to have restored my Skill, yet when I groped for my silk-thin Skill-bond with the Fool, I could not feel him.
I encountered the worktable with my hip, cursed the bruise, and then groped my way to the hearth.
He shuddered again, took another gulp, and then groped for the padded edge of the bar with his eyes closed.
He groped at his chest where the bottle of Chantilly had struck him, unable to believe she had hit him with something, even as other objects flew around him.
He groped for it without opening his eyes, without coming more than halfway awake.
It fell off onto the table and he groped for it, opening his other eye.