searching
Americanadjective
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examining carefully or thoroughly.
a searching inspection.
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acutely observant or penetrating.
a searching glance; a searching mind.
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piercing or sharp.
a searching wind.
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- searchingly adverb
- searchingness noun
- self-searching adjective
- unsearching adjective
- unsearchingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of searching
Example Sentences
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He and his business partner Giles Male are searching for new talent to take on the e-sport and hopes that adding more problem solving will make it more "accessible".
From BBC
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for at least 400 people who have been reported missing, many believed to be buried under landslides, after cyclonic rains caused disastrous flooding nearly a week ago.
From BBC
Esteban had left his parents’ farm in Sinaloa in northern Mexico at 17 and came here, like everyone else, searching for the fabled American dream.
From Los Angeles Times
Scientists have spent years examining regions where dark matter should be concentrated, especially the center of the Milky Way, searching for these specific gamma rays.
From Science Daily
So, an international team of astronomers began to tune the radio telescopes, searching the sky for the ‘special message’ from stars other than our Sun.
From Space Scoop
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