searchingly

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Even as Ms. Back writes searchingly and evocatively about her suffering, she finds that narrative prose cannot depict the “black pit of depression, a landscape marked by lacunae.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

One song, “Grandmother,” features Laraaji singing wildly and searchingly over the top of Lenker’s vocals.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

Stanley and M looked searchingly at each other.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

If the form sometimes falters, the novel searchingly explores how life demands its own performance and its own peculiar participation.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2020

The Old Ent looked at them long and searchingly, and spoke to them in turn.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien