We'd done nothing wrong and had everything we needed - they were clutching at straws.

She grasped at straws, trying to come up with something to change the subject.

The detectives on those cases were simply clutching at straws.

This was too important for her to clutch at straws.

Maybe in his fear for Evan he was grabbing at straws.

If he were to start clutching at straws, hoping against hope for a way out, then even that would be lost.

All of those characters grasp at straws when it comes to news.

Nice list, although it does feel a little like clutching at straws.

It might be clutching at straws, but he needed this woman.

I know, after all this time, we're probably clutching at straws.