How to Use grope in a Sentence

grope

verb

• 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
• The freshman guard groped at her left ankle, writhing back and forth in agony, rolling into the fetal position as a trainer rushed over and sat her up.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 9 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024