Sentence examples similar to groping for the correct expression from inspiring English sources

"So I think what's happening is the markets are groping for the correct balance underlying the system".

But with other ventures, Intel still seems to be groping for the right formula.

"You were so," he breathed, groping for the word, "dewy".

I walked behind, my hands groping for the walls.

He paused, groping for the name of the guy with all the followers.

"It was just so unusual to me," he recalled, groping for the right word.

Groping for the phone, she called the front desk.

(Groping for the mouse? It's the throw pillow).

He stops at 6, groping for the next number.

Mount Spittelboom!" cries the wicked brother in another story, groping for the magic words that will open the cave.

Ashe does not like the description: "It's somehow" —   he hesitates, groping for the apt word — "cliche-ish, you know.