grope

"My friend told me there was something in the box, but I didn't know what it was yet. "

"He laughed inappropriately during the serious funeral. "

"Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage."

"The children were excited to go to their classroom in the morning. "

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

"He listened carefully to his mother's concerns, feeling sorrowful about her disappointment. "

"My flashlight helped me find my keys after I locked myself out of the house. "

"The blacksmith hammered the hot metal into a horseshoe. "

"the gratification of the heart"

"His new haircut was an accidental; he'd meant to trim it a little, but the scissors slipped. "

"The obscurity of the room made it hard to see the small, hidden objects on the desk. "

"The student intentionally missed the first few days of school to avoid the difficult math test. "