Sentence examples for be grasped at from inspiring English sources

TRADERS FEAR CONFUSION Say Large Number of New Abbreviations Cannot Be Grasped at Once by Brokers.

There is a sense of guilt, of expectations unfulfilled, of hopes fading but still there to be grasped at, of memories tampered with.

Carr's forte as a writer, it might be said, is the faint air of wistfulness that always attends even his most comic scenes, the barely disguised feeling that, despite the best efforts of its cast, life will never turn out quite how they want it to, that disappointment lies just around the corner and that happiness needs to be grasped at in the split second before it turns into stark disillusion.

Here we investigate the representation of dynamics during skillful manipulation of a tool that can be grasped at different orientations.

The instruction slot closest to the object indicated whether the object had to be grasped at the red (large) part or the green (small) part, by turning red or green, respectively, defining the GRASP condition.

This may be grasping at straws.

Carly and Tavish – they seemed to be grasping at something human in the O2.

It's kind of sad to see someone as great as he was to be grasping at straws".

He seems to be grasping at ideas that have been regurgitated year after year now with limited success.

Cathy Kaufman New York, Aug. 9, 2010 To the Editor: Ross Douthat appears to be grasping at straws with his argument against gay marriage.

According to an analyst who spoke with Reuters, Dell may be "grasping at straws" in an attempt to breathe life into its tablet business.