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Sentence count:205+13Posted:2016-11-18Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: claspclutchcommandcomprehensioncontroldominationgrapplegripholdpossessionseizeunderstandingAntonym: freeloosenreleaseSimilar words: grassgrassrootsaspectteaspoonblasphemyexasperationas soon as possiblebrassMeaning: [græsp /grɑːsp]  n. 1. understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something 2. the limit of capability 3. a firm controlling influence 4. the act of grasping. v. 1. hold firmly 2. get the meaning of something. 
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151) They grasp at each other with numbed fingers for the comfort of touch.
152) Visitors to the studio could gain an impression of his work as a whole and grasp the cumulative effect.
153) What is so sad is that through all the tinsel shines a reality, but we can not seem to grasp it.
154) They were trying to learn to perform a role whose meaning and importance they could not grasp ahead of time.
155) Enough information is given to provide the reader with a grasp of the essentials of each area.
156) She's yet to grasp the difference between a cigarette dispenser and a gaming machine.
157) Perhaps only Chandos boss Brian Couzens would grasp an opportunity like that.
158) She distrusted the institutions through which they exercised influence from the moment that supreme power seemed within her grasp.
159) It is important to grasp what it was that peace activists thought they were trying to prevent.
160) Taylor manages to explain technical ideas in a way that non-specialists can grasp.
161) It remained his belief, though, that a firm grasp of wider realities would serve him well.
162) Everything said at this foolish board meeting unwittingly points to Scott's consummate grasp of the essentials of television.
163) He had seen total nuclear disarmament in the grasp of his President, then seen it slip away.
164) This concept of structure is particularly difficult to grasp because it appears not once but twice.
165) And it is like a butterfly wing, fragile and quickly crushed between finger and thumb even as we grasp it.
166) The concept of ideal types remains controversial and quite difficult to grasp.
167) Detectives believe that Elizabeth managed to grab the canister[sentencedict.com], but it was wrenched from her grasp.
168) There are those deep into their careers who still fail to grasp this concept.
169) The only way she knew to dispel it was to break free of his grasp and get into the canoe.
170) Science lessons should be taught in a way that makes the material easier to grasp.
171) A new field of activity seemed to be opening up for him if only he had the courage to grasp the nettle.
172) All this is accomplished through one master program. and several subroutines, and requires no conscious grasp of the problem.
173) Some cathedral organists have developed considerable liturgical flair and some have a good grasp of theology.
174) A pause: the speaker, though absent from our midst, has a fine grasp of the audience.
175) Friction between the generations is exacerbated when younger staff grasp the new idea and their creativity is suddenly released.
176) The hon. Gentleman's grasp of detail is usually so light that the idea of actually debating with him at all is risible.
177) She was trying to grasp the radically changed situation with which she must come to terms.
178) Feeling her strength almost equal to Nana's, Martha thrashed her arm to break her grasp.http://sentencedict.com/grasp.html
179) First we have no intuitive grasp of the immensities of time available for evolutionary change.
180) The idea of an alternate universe is hard to grasp.
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