peruse
verb (used with object)
to read through with thoroughness or care.
perused
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past participleof peruse.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof peruse.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
peruseverb (used with object)to read through with thoroughness or care.
Example Sentences
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It’s meant to be picked up, perused and admired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
On a recent, bustling Saturday night at a trendy cocktail bar on Chicago’s near northwest side, my friend perused the menu full of bespoke drinks — most containing bitter aperitifs — and looked vexed.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2024
On a Friday morning in late October, at the nursery’s last monthly open house of the year, Cynthia Deery perused the plants on sale.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
"The courts have perused hundreds of pages of documents to reach this decision. For Parliament simply to say the facts are different would be constitutionally really quite extraordinary."
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2023
Bono thrust a palm against my chest to hold me at a distance, leaned the book on an upraised knee, and with the other hand, perused the pages.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
