Please offer example(s) using "andar a tientas"

Question

I came across the phrase "andar a tientas" in my dictionary and it was translated as, "to feel ones way."

Well, that translation conjured up considerable ways I might use the phrase, but I can't quite feel my way through which would be appropriate.

I sure would appreciate some help by seeing examples in everyday usage!

Answer 1

Tratando de resolver el misterio, andaba a tientas hasta que encontré la pista.

Yes, very good, the phrase is both literal and ideological. :) - Dakie, Jun 9, 2011

Absolutely extraordinary sentence! - territurtle, Jun 10, 2011

Answer 2

Se fue la luz anoche y andamos anduvimos a tientas por cuatro horas.

anduvimos... :) good example - Dakie, Jun 9, 2011

Now I'm confused, lazarus said that the preterite was regular in common usage??? - lorenzo9, Jun 9, 2011

Answer 3

This is a blog title and an incomplete sentence, but it conveys the context.

Andar a tientas en la oscuridad para encontrar el sentido espiritual

Groping in the dark fo find a spiritual meaning would be my guess.

Job 5:14

De día tropiezan con tinieblas; a mediodía andan a tientas,como de noche.

Isaías 59:10

Palpamos la pared como los ciegos; andamos a tientas como los que no tienen ojos. Tropezamos a mediodíacomo si fuera de noche; estamos en lugares oscuroscomo están los muertos.

From the above responses, can I infer that the phrase pretty much covers the various and myriad uses one would encounter in English? - territurtle, Jun 9, 2011