grasp

Her aunt was grasping the book as if it would fly away.
Sa tante tenait le livre comme s'il allait s'envoler.
I was grasping a boy, and now I release... a man.
J'ai agrippé un garçon, et maintenant je relâche... un homme.
He said I was grasping at straws.
Il a dit je saisissais aux pailles.
The third Eldrazi was grasping for her with eight bifurcated appendages that ended in sixteen eight-fingered hands.
Le troisième Eldrazi tentait de l'attraper avec huit membres dédoublés qui se terminaient par seize mains à huit doigts.
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