Sentence examples similar to i was grasped from inspiring English sources

I was grasping, buying time.

I was grasping.

But I was grasping at nonexistent straws.

I was grasping for something to occupy her interest, something that would offer an intermission from the chaos.

It's when I read this that I realise what I was grasping for during Belfort's explanation of the Quaalude high " "I've been here before".

"I was grasping for a viewpoint that I could make the center of everything, and after he did that, I had just what I needed," Mr. McMahon said.

"Chili," I asked, in bad Italian, "it's some odd local thing?" (I was grasping at straws, I know, but a little incredulous).

I was grasping onto a position that didn't fit me.

I was grasping on with both hands, screaming my way into the present.

Before I knew it, I was grasping with my hands at the granite rock face, and I was sliding down the perilous cliff face.

So, I was grasping at straws when I attended a meeting where history teachers evaluated the quality of the new accountability tests.