The phrase "a grasp for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an attempt to obtain or achieve something, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "His actions were a grasp for power that ultimately backfired."
Alternatives: "a reach for" or "an attempt to attain".
In essence, Harvard has allowed its current students' interest in working for small companies -- an interest that cynics might brand a grasp for instant riches -- to play a major role in shaping its curriculum for the next decade.
But unlike Roethlisberger, Freeman seems to have a grasp for winning the down before the snap.
But the timing of their outbursts also suggests a grasp for secular political power.
He was trying to get a grasp for what he has, how suited his personnel will be to the attacking style he favors.
And these are the divorces which are either leading the social revolution toward a grasp for post-marital harmony – or at least trying to lay down the weapons that have made divorce such a ghastly industry.
Both Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain envision creating the nationwide voucher program that conservative politicians and many minority parents have demanded -- though Mr. Bush, in a grasp for the political center, has avoided using the politically laden term "vouchers," and instead says federal education money should be "portable".
In this study, we asked subjects to grasp and lift a 300-g smooth cylinder with one hand, before and after judging the feasibility of a "grasping for pouring" action with a considerably smaller cylinder, using the other hand.
Right-handed subjects were asked to grasp and lift a smooth 300-g cylinder with one hand, before and after judging the level of difficulty of a "grasping for pouring" action, involving a smaller cylinder and using the opposite hand.
Subjects were requested to reach towards and grasp a small or a large stimulus naturally (i.e., precision grip, involving the opposition of index finger and thumb, for a small size stimulus and a whole hand grasp for a larger stimulus) or with an constrained grasp (i.e., a precision grip for a large stimulus and a whole hand grasp for a small stimulus).
Higher quality also indicates a greater possibility of finding a set of reachable contact points allowing a force closure grasp for a given mechanical hand.
Similarly, use of a whole hand grasp for a small diameter object not only infers inhibition of neural processes for a precise grasp, but also activation of patterning for a small aperture.
