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Sentence example with the word 'grasping'
grasping
a hog for, bloodsucking, draining, greed, insatiate, money-hungry, piggish, ravenous, self-interested, swinishness, voracious
Definition
adj.
immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
Last update: July 20, 2015
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One puts on gloves before
grasping
a thorn cudgel.
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Pierre smiled absent-mindedly, evidently not
grasping
what she said.
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This is called reflex
grasping
, and Dr.
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"Of all the miserly, unscrupulous,
grasping
characters."
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Bayard,
grasping
Bobby's hand.
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Butler,
grasping
Bobby's hand.
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