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
It was his elation at becoming a father in 2015, which spurred both gratitude and self-searching — the “what ifs.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
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
He plunged into a reverie so deep and so self-searching that it could have been fathomed by no plummet.
From The Puritans by Arlo Bates
