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She grasped at straws, trying to come up with something to change the subject.
All of those characters grasp at straws when it comes to news.
They were grasping at straws, and the Head admitted it.
Newspapers are really just grasping at straws with these plans to make money.
Maybe we're down to the point of grasping at straws."
"I feel like I'm really grasping at straws here, with no physical evidence to go on.
Jay made no comment although he felt she was grasping at straws.
But as officials deliberate among themselves, they show signs of grasping at straws.
And yet pundits still seem to prefer to grasp at straws instead.
He was grasping at straws of logic and hoped she could not sense that.
Perhaps for now they are grasping at straws, but will eventually set their feet upon the proper path.
"Ellen's being in the middle of all this has me grasping at straws, I guess."
Grasping at straws, Webster put his client on the stand.
Or was she grasping at straws because she wanted the story to be true?
Blade hoped so, but realized he was grasping at straws.
Leighton spoke with the air of a man grasping at straws.
But without any sort of clear indicator as to what's making it die, we're really only grasping at straws here.
Let's face it, I was grasping at straws now.
Zerbrowski will call, because they're grasping at straws or they wouldn't have brought you in.
You're grasping at straws because you don't have anything more substantial."
"Listen," he said, grasping at straws, "maybe you never knew that stuff in the first place."
In an attempt to explain the unthinkable, were they grasping at straws?
"They're just grasping at straws, trying to keep from going insane.
The exporting companies say Coke is grasping at straws to drive them out of business.