Sentence examples similar to exceeding one's grasp from inspiring English sources

"If one's reach does not exceed one's grasp then what is heaven for?" he asked, more or less quoting Robert Browning.

uprising, with total casualties exceeding one thousand.

Litigation ought never to exceed one year.

Turnout rarely exceeds one-third.

Those outsized ambitions may exceed the movement's grasp at the moment.

So far, his ambition to forge a contemporary form of ecstatic dance exceeds his company's grasp.

Now I saw that an author's vocabulary should exceed her audience's grasp — else what's the bloody book for?

How can one ensure that one's intuitive grasp of these natures is correct?

Although one in three dishes widely misses its mark and the restaurant's reach frequently exceeds its grasp, there's the possibility of a terrific meal.

Let it be said right now that, if the reach of "Pride of Place" exceeds its grasp, its reach is magnificent - and even its grasp exceeds what almost any other television production on architecture has achieved.

Nolan even tasks him with delivering the film's best line: "You're familiar with the phrase 'man's reach exceeds his grasp?' It's a lie: man's grasp exceeds his nerve".