Example Sentences

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“The courts have perused hundreds of pages of documents to arrive at this conclusion. For Parliament simply to say ‘the facts are different’ would be constitutionally really extraordinary,” Sumption told the BBC.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 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

Who knows — our current president may well have perused the U.S.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2018

If you have perused your professional network in recent months, you have probably come across an example of such broetry – also known as the LinkedIn Haiku.

From The Guardian • Apr. 4, 2018

I take it you have perused the laws of your state?

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali