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.
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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Meanings and Examples of GRASP
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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.
2 Miss Hope, death in her face, sat erect beside her, holding her sister's skirt in a tight grasp.
3 He took her arm in a strong grasp and some of the vitality which animated him seemed to flow into her body.
4 It was annoying that Melanie always seemed to grasp more of situations than she herself did.
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.
6 Then he had thought it all beyond her mental grasp and it had been pleasant to explain things to her.
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."
8 But I do like it, thought Scarlett trying to grasp the old lady's meaning.
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.
10 Scarlett jerked her hands away from his grasp and sprang to her feet.
11 Rhett handed his watch into Bonnie's destructive grasp and rose lightly to his feet.
12 He sat beside her, holding her hand until sleep loosened her grasp.
13 But she caught herself in a strong grasp.
14 At first she did not grasp the full import of the situation.
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.
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.