“grasp at straws”
Hear how "grasp at straws" sounds in real speech — 1,000 examples from 10 videos, movies, and TV shows. Sources: The Leftovers, Severance, Slow Horses, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Love Story and 3 more.
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YouTubeLex Fridman16.7M views · 2022-08-19
Jordan Peterson: Life, Death, Power, Fame, and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #313
“wisdom you try to grasp at well such”
throughout it there is … that there is a thread well that's the
Play at 101:33
TV ShowThe Leftovers
Оставленные — S02E07
“it will grasp at any construct
that makes it feel better.”
When the mind is in
emotional distress, … After the 14th, the whole
world needed to feel better.
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TV ShowSeverance
Разделение — S02E04
“And he reached up to
grasp at his hair,”
driven by a sudden torrent
of pus from his skull. … which was suddenly moss that tore
easily from his bleeding scalp."
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TV ShowSlow Horses
Медленные лошади — S05E03
“you know, you just grasp
at any spark of perfection.”
[sniffs, sighs]
Sometimes you just, … [sighs] So, I
couldn't blame him.
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YouTubeLex Fridman3.1M views · 2022-07-17
Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics | Lex Fridman Podcast #303
“Marx to be radical is to grasp things at”
me leave you with some words from KL … their
Play at 210:43
YouTubeThe Diary Of A CEO2.3M views · 2023-10-16
Jada Pinkett Smith: “I Just wanted to stay alive until 4pm!”
“grasp my own Journey at times I feel”
quote I wrote down it feels like I can't … resentful and angry I don't know what to
Play at 79:25
MovieGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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“His grasp of disruption theory is remedial at best.”
His dock doesn't float. His wonder-fuel is a disaster. … He didn't design the puzzle boxes. He didn't write the mystery.
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YouTubeVanity Fair1.5M views · 2025-06-06
Every Wes Anderson Movie, Explained by Wes Anderson | Vanity Fair
“failed to grasp that I was shot at and”
went into that character. Perhaps you … hand grenaded against my will.
Play at 47:32
YouTubeLex Fridman3.0M views · 2023-02-15
Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #359
“at it you know you can't you can't grasp”
that exists but if you just kind of look … it all in the beginning and and um
Play at 42:23
TV ShowLove Story
Американская история любви — S01E04
“at Dad's investment firm
is a little bit too much for him to grasp.”
Anything more involved than the ball
of yarn that Colin gets to play with … I will die richer than all of you.
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