searchingly
- 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
Stanley and M looked searchingly at each other.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2023
In the mornings at Croyde Beach, young men in wet suits — which more experienced surfers sometimes call “groms” — look searchingly into the ocean before sprinting down and plunging in.
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2022
Gus looked at Bigger searchingly, then away, as though ashamed.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
