search
verb (used with object)
to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost.
was searching
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past progressiveof search.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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People complained no-one was searching for their loved ones and that there was no single list of those missing.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
After a few years of glossy magazine profiles and raking in the big bucks, he was searching for meaning and unhappy with the “tragic artist” he met in the mirror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Sita BK was searching for her younger brother Ramchandra, a schoolteacher in Timure.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Frustrated by the rigidity of classical theater, Wohlfeld was searching for a different way to perform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
As if she was searching for a clue.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
