delve for

Example Sentences

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“The Debrief” wrapped up its run in January when Sherman departed BoF, but the back catalog is well worth the delve for anyone seeking a better understanding of modern fashion.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

“The younger generation doesn’t delve for credentials,” she says.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2015

The sophist's rope of cobweb he shall twine; Mope o'er the schoolman's peevish page; or mourn, And delve for life in Mammon's dirty mine; Sneak with the scoundrel fox, or grunt with glutton swine.

From The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by Gilfillan, George

It is as natural for them to delve for underground animals as for a setter or spaniel to flush birds.

From If You're Going to Live in the Country by Lieberman, Frank

But we will not delve for it now.

From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington