searching
adjective
examining carefully or thoroughly.
searchingly
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a word derived from
searching.
Example Sentences
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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
At some point, Tedros looks at up, searchingly, at an almost life-size photo of Prince, a star who is known to have had his own moments of Tedrosity.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2023
Stanley and M looked searchingly at each other.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023
Later, Odenigbo came in and looked searchingly into her eyes in the way he often did, as if looking for proof of something.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
