How to Use grope in a Sentence

grope

verb
Definition of gropenext
Synonyms for gropenext
  • I groped for the light switch.
  • We groped along the dark passage.
  • She claims that her boss tried to grope her.
  • She groped around in her purse, looking for her comb.
  • This leaves the rest of us to grope around in the dark and hazard guesses.
    — Chris Roberts, Forbes, 30 Aug. 2021
  • One of them says Trump groped and kissed her on a flight decades ago.
    — Mark Berman and Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The witch moved her hand around in the camel bag, groping for the soft leather wallet stuffed with bills.
    — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • The posters remain silent and stare at the camera for the whole time, and mostly grope their own chests.
    — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 15 July 2023
  • Some girls learned to keep their distance so they could not be groped.
    — oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Three of the complainants accused Spacey of groping them.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 26 July 2023
  • This means that the gamut runs widely, from groping to the most savage rapes.
    — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • He had been accused of groping boys, the reporters told him.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2020
  • An older boy pulled out a knife, called her a slur, told her to go back to her country and then tried to kiss and grope her.
    — oregonlive, 8 May 2021
  • According to Jones, Diddy groped him and forced him to work while the mogul showered and walked around naked.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2024
  • And the other girl accused her of doing it on purpose, of trying to grope her.
    — Freep.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Over the summer, a woman accused the actor of groping her breast at a New York City bar.
    — Sydney Scott, Essence, 17 Oct. 2019
  • During one of those classes, Weibel put his arms around the shoulders of her and a friend and groped their breasts, Haburchak said.
    — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The footage shows the two naked women surrounded by scores of young men who grope their genitals and drag them to a field.
    — Ashok Sharma and Shonal Ganguly, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • Don’t wantonly reach out and grope any dog that wanders by.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The clock isn't going back to a time when a young White man could get drunk, grope women, and brag about his parents' money.
    — Jay Parini, CNN, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Around the same time, Anna Donner told her bosses that Yohner had tried to grope her.
    — James Barragán, Dallas News, 14 May 2021
  • Amá is not talking about the boys who groped me during recess in seventh grade.
    — Longreads, 7 Nov. 2019
  • That team proposed slicing off the top of Miranda’s skull and then groping down to her brain stem.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Then, according to the lawsuit, Sanz groped her breasts in front of everyone.
    — ABC News, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The video shows two naked women surrounded by scores of young men who grope their genitals and drag them to a field.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 July 2023
  • The move came as a way to combat chikan, or groping, on public transportation.
    — Katie Herchenroeder, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2020
  • In the show’s first task, the women put on blindfolds, then grope the naked torsos of the young men in an attempt to determine which is their son.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In one case, a woman who reported a colleague had groped her was made to work alongside him again.
    — Nick Perry, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The staffer claimed Schlapp rested his hand on his leg during a car ride and groped his crotch before inviting him to his hotel room.
    — Beth Reinhard, Isaac Arnsdorf, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Others reported Kline groped them at a school dinner for top students and at a band camp, the lawsuit said.
    — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023

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