grasp at造句

grasp at an opportunity

To grasp at authority and form a despotic government

To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp at straws.

A businessman will grasp at any chance to make a profit.

Don't grasp at the delicate branch, or you may break it.

"We identify with -- and grasp at -- the story of redemptive opportunity, " Holzer said. "The crystallization of the American dream is what makes it so attractive."

Just as some of the youth in Japan attempt to appropriate parts of American culture, I too (and I'm sure there are others!) tried to grasp at the allure of this foreign aesthetic and make it my own.