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

In the mornings at Croyde Beach, young men in wet suits — which more experienced surfers sometimes call “groms” — look searchingly into the ocean before sprinting down and plunging in.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022

Mary Poppins continued to regard the four children searchingly.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers