The eyes blinked and the mind behind them grappled with the notion, unable to quite understand or accept it.

Even as his mind grappled with the question, Horgan knew the answer.

Her mind was still grappling with the awful blows she had taken to herself.

She sat back on the tram's bench, staring in the direction of the scratched windows while her mind grappled with what Mon had said.

His mind was still grappling with the bold clarity of Saunière's outward message.

Even as his mind grappled with that impossibility, he sank once more to the murky bottom.

Loring's mind was grappling with these new and strange facts.

Her mind could not yet grapple with what exactly was wrong with what he had said.

His mind could no longer grapple with such mathematical com- plexities.

His keen mind was already grappling with the mystery of the quick disappearance of Vic.