Explore Grope through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like seek or assay. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Grope meaning
- To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
- 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.
- To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
Synonyms of Grope
Using Grope
- The main meaning on this page is: To feel with or use the hands; to handle. | 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. | To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
- Useful related words include: seek, assay, essay, attempt.
- In the example corpus, grope often appears in combinations such as: grope her, to grope.
Context around Grope
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grope
- In this selection, "grope" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, leman, jonty, feel, toward, list and molest stand out and add context to how "grope" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a feel grope molest and as we grope our way. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grope" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grope
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But Mangahas continued to grope her. (6 words)
I’m Jonty Grope, my wife lives in the country, my mistress lives in London. (15 words)
He then leered at Gorr's breasts and attempted to grope her in front of the studio audience. (18 words)
They said Harvard's inaction allowed Comaroff to repeatedly and forcibly kiss Kilburn and grope her in public, and claimed he graphically described ways she would be supposedly raped or killed in SA for being in a same-sex relationship. (40 words)
It was a struggle for long periods: per the ABC statistician Ric Finlay, Smith’s straight drive off Aakash Deep was his first authentically struck boundary of the series, after 163 balls of grope and graft. (36 words)
Whether we’re married, single, ordained or professed, Kateri’s declaration is, deep down, the cry of own hearts, especially as we grope our way through a bewildering stretch of human history. (32 words)
Otherwise, how can you explain to your children why men who grope women and even brag about it suffer no consequences? (21 words)
Example sentences (14)
But Mangahas continued to grope her.
He then leered at Gorr's breasts and attempted to grope her in front of the studio audience.
One thing is certain: We do need a place where we can grope toward shared understanding of world events.
It was a struggle for long periods: per the ABC statistician Ric Finlay, Smith’s straight drive off Aakash Deep was his first authentically struck boundary of the series, after 163 balls of grope and graft.
Spook hunter Yvette Fielding says her Most Haunted co-star Derek Acorah was 'a fake who tried to grope her'.
They said Harvard's inaction allowed Comaroff to repeatedly and forcibly kiss Kilburn and grope her in public, and claimed he graphically described ways she would be supposedly raped or killed in SA for being in a same-sex relationship.
Williams also claimed that after the incident, Epstein grew angry with her and berated her for letting Trump grope her.
Another former employee said she witnessed Leman grope a production assistant in a car and kiss his neck.
I'd say you probably enjoyed the last body-cavity search a bit too well, so they put you on the no-grope list.
Whether we’re married, single, ordained or professed, Kateri’s declaration is, deep down, the cry of own hearts, especially as we grope our way through a bewildering stretch of human history.
I’m Jonty Grope, my wife lives in the country, my mistress lives in London.
Shine said that he had no memory of it and said that “at no time would I grope any patient”.
Between the two we have a host of words: stimulate – caress – touch – fondle – cop-a-feel – grope – molest.
Otherwise, how can you explain to your children why men who grope women and even brag about it suffer no consequences?
Common combinations with grope
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- grope her 4×
- to grope 3×