searching
adjective
examining carefully or thoroughly.
self-searching
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a word derived from
searching.
Example Sentences
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Brilliantly observant and self-searching, the diaries were also Ms. Garner’s creative lifeline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
I’m struck by the degree to which “Special” echoes “Shrill,” on Hulu, in its particular concerns and general tone as a semi-autobiographical comedy combining social satire and twentysomething self-searching.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 12, 2019
The consequences of war are sorrow and self-searching.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2018
With that she turned earnest, displaying her penchant for habitual self-searching, a lifelong quest for the identity that still seems to elude her.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2017
It was one of those times of self-searching and reflection that occasionally come unbidden in every family circle.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
