GRASP in a Sentence

Learn GRASP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
247 example sentences for GRASP, such as:
1. She felt a firm grasp on her hand.
2. The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
3. But she caught herself in a strong grasp.
4. If you grasp this rope, I will pull you up.
5. I failed to grasp the film's central concept.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of GRASP
grasp
 v.  hold firmly
 v.  get the meaning of something
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  A mournful peace hung on the fields, as though they felt the relaxing grasp of the cold and stretched themselves in their long winter sleep.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  Miss Hope, death in her face, sat erect beside her, holding her sister's skirt in a tight grasp.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
3  He took her arm in a strong grasp and some of the vitality which animated him seemed to flow into her body.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
4  It was annoying that Melanie always seemed to grasp more of situations than she herself did.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
5  A fierce desperation drove her as she saw the days slipping by and she wished she might grasp the hourglass in her hands and keep the sands from running.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
6  Then he had thought it all beyond her mental grasp and it had been pleasant to explain things to her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  She hurried down in the darkness to grasp his cold wet hand and hear him whisper: "They're after me-- going to Texas--my horse is about dead--and I'm about starved."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  But I do like it, thought Scarlett trying to grasp the old lady's meaning.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
9  Whether or not she hit him, she never knew, but the next minute the pistol was wrenched from her hand by a grasp that almost broke her wrist.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
10  Scarlett jerked her hands away from his grasp and sprang to her feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
11  Rhett handed his watch into Bonnie's destructive grasp and rose lightly to his feet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
12  He sat beside her, holding her hand until sleep loosened her grasp.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
13  But she caught herself in a strong grasp.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
14  At first she did not grasp the full import of the situation.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
15  And still deeper the meaning of that story of Narcissus, who because he could not grasp the tormenting, mild image he saw in the fountain, plunged into it and was drowned.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  Just try and grasp the essentials of the argument.
2  The bag was wrenched from her grasp.
3  He can't grasp the basic concepts of mathematics.
4  Mishaps are like knives that either serve us or cut us as we grasp them by the handle or blade.
5  The recoil was so violent it almost tore the weapon from his grasp.
6  Solutions which seem self-evident to humans are often beyond the grasp of computers.
7  Certainly if the job were offered me I'd grasp at the chance.
8  I failed to grasp the film's central concept.
9  It was a difficult concept to grasp , but Sam latched on very quickly.
10  It was a difficult concept to grasp, but I soon latched on.
11  It's very simple, once you grasp the concept.
12  It's difficult to grasp the sheer enormity of the tragedy.
13  She felt a firm grasp on her hand.
14  Don't look forward to tomorrow, don't miss yesterday, to grasp today.
15  If you grasp this rope, I will pull you up.