And how can we grasp the effects of the 100-year surge in the typical American's life span from 47 years to 76?
"I had gone from a 16-year-old who couldn't wait to grasp life to a 22-year-old who didn't care if he died in his sleep."
She could not grasp the extent of her reaction to his words.
He glanced about him, message tightly grasped to his chest.
Then he grasped for a bright side to the unwelcome news.
She reached for Shannon's hand and grasped it to her breast.
But the agency seemed slow to grasp the possible link to the birds' illness.
He sat before it, grasped the levers to either side, and pushed them forward quite carefully.
Days passed before I could grasp the answers to my own questions.
We must grasp mankind and mold it to our ends.