His hands groped desperately in front of him.
She put out a hand, groping desperately for something to hold on to.
His hand groped desperately across its scarred surface and, against all hope, found a cleaver buried in the wood.
He groped desperately for his maturity and found a little of it.
I groped desperately for an opening gambit but came up with nothing.
On the far side of the engine block, she groped desperately under the air filter, pushing and tugging at anything her fingers touched.
Groping desperately, he struggled to catch hold of the boxes directly above him.
He tried to pull himself together, groping desperately for something to which his sanity could cling.
The blind man staggered to his feet, reaching out, groping desperately.
He groped desperately for something else to say, something that would keep Andry with him just a small, selfish while longer.