How do you use Groping in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hesitant or uncertain, plus the exact meaning.
Groping meaning
present participle and gerund of grope
Using Groping
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of grope
- Useful related words include: hesitant, uncertain, unsure, incertain.
- In the example corpus, groping often appears in combinations such as: of groping, groping and, groping in.
Context around Groping
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Groping
- In this selection, "groping" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, takes, children, supposedly, complaint, accusation and women stand out and add context to how "groping" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accusations of groping and assault and accusations of groping and unwelcome. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "groping" sits close to words such as acuity, ademola and albans, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with groping
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Had tracked the groping couple’s every move. (8 words)
Cuomo aide whose groping accusation sparked criminal case files civil suitreuters. (11 words)
Groping in my pocket, I gave the whistle a blast that ran outward and then trailed off. (17 words)
E. Jean Carroll, the former columnist who sued Trump for defamation after he denied raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s, wants to include as evidence the 2005 video of Trump bragging to host Billy Bush about groping women. (43 words)
One of the show’s winning qualities is the way it juxtaposes brutal violence with familiar scenes of soccer practice, futile groping in frilly bedrooms and the malaise of middle age, all against the soundtrack of the ’90s. (38 words)
Ginger Banks, a performer and sex worker advocate who compiled more than 100 accusations of groping and assault against Jeremy in 2017, said she truly believes he is too sick to do any more damage. (35 words)
From groping a date at Beetlejuice to her family's multiple run-ins with cops: How will Lauren Boebert's scandals impact one of the biggest days of her career? (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Frenchman Takes Groping Complaint Case to Vatican (Today) - One of a half-dozen men who have accused the Vatican's ambassador to France of groping.
A 'sexually disinhibited' grandmother has been jailed after baring her breasts in view of children, groping a woman in a nightclub and exposing herself to police officers.
A staff sergeant based in Wiltshire has been dismissed from the British Army for groping and kissing a female soldier at a military event after getting 'very drunk' on specially-brewed extra strong beer.
Cuomo aide whose groping accusation sparked criminal case files civil suitreuters.
E. Jean Carroll, the former columnist who sued Trump for defamation after he denied raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s, wants to include as evidence the 2005 video of Trump bragging to host Billy Bush about groping women.
From upskirt photos to groping, these pictures crossed a line with the public as many asked Ghibli Park to ban such behavior moving forward.
Ginger Banks, a performer and sex worker advocate who compiled more than 100 accusations of groping and assault against Jeremy in 2017, said she truly believes he is too sick to do any more damage.
Groping in my pocket, I gave the whistle a blast that ran outward and then trailed off.
Had tracked the groping couple’s every move.
He denies having had sexual contact with two such complainants during his shifts, including supposedly "groping" one during an incident at a police station.
He made that argument in an attempt to disqualify testimony by other women who accused the former president of groping but not raping them.
Kilner, 30, has not publicly commented on the video showing her husband groping and kissing another woman.
One of the show’s winning qualities is the way it juxtaposes brutal violence with familiar scenes of soccer practice, futile groping in frilly bedrooms and the malaise of middle age, all against the soundtrack of the ’90s.
Snoop's Sydney show comes after the rapper was accused of groping one of his backup dancers during his Perth show on Monday night.
The Conservative former deputy whip quit after losing an appeal against a proposed Commons suspension for drunkenly groping two men.
The suit accuses Schlapp of groping him during a car ride in Georgia before the November election.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus replied to her, saying he was “horrified” by the accusations of groping and unwelcome sexual advances.
A British Transport Police spokesperson said: "You can report anything of a sexual nature, including rubbing, groping, masturbation, leering, sexual comments and indecent acts.
A former model has accused Donald Trump of groping and sexually touching her when they first interacted in 1993.
From groping a date at Beetlejuice to her family's multiple run-ins with cops: How will Lauren Boebert's scandals impact one of the biggest days of her career?
Common combinations with groping
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of groping 16×
- groping and 13×
- groping in 13×
- and groping 11×
- groping her 7×
- groping the 5×
- to groping 4×
- the groping 4×
- alleged groping 4×
- groping woman 3×