How to Use grasp in a Sentence

grasp

1 of 2 verb
  • I grasped the rope by its end.
  • I grasped the end of the rope and pulled as hard as I could.
  • His arthritis is so bad he can barely grasp a pencil.
  • That was a hard thing to grasp.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 Apr. 2026
  • If this all sounds like too much to grasp, don’t fret.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Carse said the scale of the event is still hard to grasp.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • His eyes and smile are too wide, and his right hand grasps the air.
    — Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Finland grasped this eight years ago.
    — Andrew Rasiej, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • With your right hand, grasp the right knee from the outside.
    — Gerard Hartmann, Outside, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Reach straight arms behind your head and grasp the band with both hands.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 9 June 2023
  • Her child was also able to grasp how to use the watch right out of the box.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Bsn, Parents, 25 July 2023
  • Using your reach is not an easy thing to fully grasp.
    — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Neither the form nor the content is easy to grasp.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • My teacher grasped my wrists, forcing me to pick it up.
    — Erin Silvia, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • But without a name people can't grasp it.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The politics are not hard to grasp.
    — Daniel Disalvo, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Odenkirk also grasps what to do and what not to do on camera.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • To grasp its scale, consider this.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, softly grasp the fruit with your palm, with your thumb near the stem.
    — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025
  • So, like, something like a fish or a squid that would be very good to grasp onto.
    — Flora Lichtman, Scientific American, 31 May 2023
  • Maria is grasping a number of red flags and waving them at you.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Simply put on a pair of gloves, grasp the weed near the soil line, and slowly pull it out.
    — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Try not to grasp the plant by its stem; this can cause serious damage.
    — Holly McNamara, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Texture isn’t an easy design concept to grasp or see.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Players start to grasp their sticks a little more tightly.
    — CBS News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Crumple a ball of heavy-duty foil then use a pair of tongs to grasp it, and scrub the grates.
    — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
  • Crumple a ball of heavy-duty foil then use a pair of tongs to grasp it, and scrub the grates.
    — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Crumple a ball of heavy-duty foil then use a pair of tongs to grasp it, and scrub the grates.
    — Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Pick it up with both hands, gently grasping the shell just behind the front legs.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
  • Maybe soccer has a world of fans who haven’t quite grasped this new-money concept.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2026

grasp

2 of 2 noun
  • The books on the top shelf are just beyond my grasp.
  • She moved the toy to within the baby's grasp.
  • She felt the solution was within her grasp.
  • The author shows a weak grasp of military strategy.
  • Teams have a firm grasp of his strengths and weaknesses.
    — Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • More and more stuff just seems to be out of their grasp, because their wages have not kept up.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • However, the ball slipped through his grasp.
    — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • But what’s behind this chaos, and is there any way to escape its grasp?
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Redick now just has to keep his, and the Lakers’ grasp, on the rope tight.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the movies that escaped Neon’s grasp still irk Quinn.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • Fold a paper towel into a small square and grasp with tongs.
    — Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
  • No researcher seems to have a firm grasp on how big the industry is.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
  • These roles required an adult grasp of lust and jealousy and nihilism.
    — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Nothing seemed beyond his grasp.
    — Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026
  • The first thing to grasp is that these are principles, not a checklist.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The snakes continue squirming in his grasp, and one bites him.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
  • But for now, researchers don't have a full grasp of the condition.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Hecht has a firm grasp of his strengths as a player and how to use his talent to get the job done.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • She got caught in a single leg and was hopping around to try to escape the grasp.
    — Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026
  • No one really has a good grasp of … [its] mid- to long-term impact.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 17 May 2026
  • For much of the last six years, control has escaped the former top prospect’s grasp.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
  • Wilson met the ball there with both hands and pushed it loose from Huntley's grasp.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Without a clear grasp of the true problems, even the most advanced tech will miss the mark.
    — Dave Wessinger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But by autumn Iran was slipping from the Shah’s grasp.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The sentence structure is fairly simple to get a grasp of as well.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • His grasp of the play clock seemed shaky and the 49ers were forced to burn a timeout in the first half.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The quarterback was losing his grasp on the ball as he was tackled.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The splatter comes more easily to this new movie than a grasp of overall tone does.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The decision is faster, but her grasp of the system is thinner.
    — Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • Greta keeps her grasp and looks up at Miranda's face.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

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