searching out

Example Sentences

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He has started searching out lighter hauls and avoiding hilly routes that guzzle fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

She will be searching out tips from fellow surfers.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024

Critics have concluded, absolutely correctly, that this provision serves to elide the manifold horrors of slavery by searching out its good side.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023

I frequented galleries, museum shows and antique malls searching out and sometimes buying objects of these periods — an oak library table here, a planter stand or lighting fixture there.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 8, 2023

Then, another idea suddenly hits me: that I am searching out the raw spots in him, the places where he appears open, where the wounds are still fresh.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee