He gropes for the proverb in the air.
"The Admirable Crichton"
J. M. Barrie
He gropes about for the helpful hands, and cries, the sweat breaking out on his brow: "I know I shall fall."
"The New Book Of Martyrs"
Georges Duhamel
It only gropes about, trying thousands of remedies before it arrives at a sure result.
"Contemporary Russian Novelists"
Serge Persky