SEARCH in a Sentence
Learn SEARCH from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
313 example sentences for SEARCH, such as:
1. He is on a perpetual search for truth.
2. The search is on for someone to fill the post.
3. Boulatruelle has seen him, and is on the search.
4. They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
5. She had gone in search of Cosette at her husband's orders.
2. The search is on for someone to fill the post.
3. Boulatruelle has seen him, and is on the search.
4. They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
5. She had gone in search of Cosette at her husband's orders.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Animal Farm by George Orwell |
Meanings and Examples of SEARCH
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search
v. search or seek
v. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I was informed that the very religious Knights of Malta never fail to make this search when they take any Turkish prisoners of either sex.
2 Upon their arrival at Venice, Candide went to search for Cacambo at every inn and coffee-house, and among all the ladies of pleasure, but to no purpose.
3 But Candide paid no regard to these newcomers, his thoughts were entirely employed on his voyage to Constantinople, in search of his beloved Cunegonde.
4 Then without losing time, he and his companions went on board a galley, in order to search on the banks of the Propontis for his Cunegonde, however ugly she might have become.
5 He never went far in search of his arguments and his examples.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
6 One day he rose from his arm-chair, and went to his library in search of a book.
7 They instituted a search in the churches of the neighborhood.
8 It was the wayfarer whom we have seen wandering about in search of shelter.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
9 He was encountered towards evening in the most deserted clearings, in the wildest thickets; and he had the appearance of being in search of something, and sometimes he was digging holes.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
10 Boulatruelle has seen him, and is on the search.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
11 The search was continued until the evening: they did not even find the body.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
12 The nettles seemed to twist long arms furnished with claws in search of prey.
13 Then he removed his shoes, took one of the two candles, blew out the other, opened the door, and quitted the room, gazing about him like a person who is in search of something.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
14 She had gone in search of Cosette at her husband's orders.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
15 Some passers-by informed him that the man and child of whom he was in search had gone towards the forest in the direction of Gagny.
Example Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
1 We should explore/pursue every avenue in the search for an answer to this problem.
2 A successful job search needs to be as well organised as any other executive task.
3 They did a thorough search of the area but found nothing.
4 He is on a perpetual search for truth.
5 If you type in the search string 'ing', the computer will find all the words containing 'ing'.
6 A major search is under way to find the escaped prisoners.
7 If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.
8 Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.
9 After a long search for the murder weapon, the police found a knife.
10 Every year thousands of people flee the big cities in search of the pastoral/rural idyll.
11 Scientists are hoping for a breakthrough in the search for a cure for cancer.
12 We reboarded the coach and set off on a magical mystery tour in search of tea.
13 His search for his cultural identity took him to where his parents were born.
14 The search for other kinds of evidence tying him to trafficking has not produced a smoking gun.
15 The search is on for someone to fill the post.