Sentence examples for be grasped for from inspiring English sources

Images like these still matter, in small, mysterious ways that won't be grasped for generations.

"It's a difficult nettle to grasp but the last Labour administration grasped it when the powers went to Scotland and I think now the powers have gone to Wales it needs to be grasped for Wales otherwise you have a great disparity in terms of the costs to the taxpayer and the level of representation," she said.

At the same time, Mr. Edwards seemed to be grasping for some very public image rehabilitation.

But Low seems to be grasping for a way to stop the flood.

Coughlin took more time than usual to emerge from the locker room, and seemed to be grasping for positive elements.

At times, even Mr. Bradley seems to be grasping for answers as to why his campaign seems stuck in neutral.

For a playwright whose characters often seem to be grasping for affirmation a feeling of security that is just out of reach this is a nicely gratifying moment.

Everyone seemed to be grasping for a definition of what kind of language may be clearly seen as threatening, either through intent or interpretation.

He seemed to be grasping for good news when he insisted that the Mets had experienced "a lot of positives" this week.

With Tin Machine, Bowie seemed to be grasping for some kind of late-80s American guitar dynamic and totally failing to connect with it.

In a summer of 90-plus temperatures and smothering humidity, New Yorkers should be grasping for ice cream, frozen yogurt and iced coffees and teas -- anything that would produce droplets of cold, wet frost on a cup grasped in a sweaty, overheated hand.