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adjectiveexamining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection. acutely observant or penetrating: a searching glance; a searching mind. piercing or sharp: a searching wind. Origin of searchingFirst recorded in 1570–80; search + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM searchingsearch·ing·ly, adverbsearch·ing·ness, nounself-searching, adjective, nounun·search·ing, adjective un·search·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby searchingsearch, search dog, search engine, search engine optimization, searcher, searching, searchless, searchlight, search me, search order, search party Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for searchingThe FBI has also been searching its records for any information that could assist the French investigation, a spokesperson added. U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST He tried this and tried that—he was just searching and searching. Alleged Cop Killer’s Blood-Soaked Screenplay|M.L. Nestel|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST After a searching beat, Drew adds, “And that was the last fight we had.” How the Property Brothers Became Your Mom’s Favorite TV Stars|Kevin Fallon|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST I was lost, fresh back from Vietnam, searching, maybe, for a peril the equivalent of war but aimed in the direction of life. What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Pro-pipeline Democrats, meanwhile, appeared to be searching desperately for ways to turn a crushing defeat into a moral victory. Keystone Senate Failure Is Environmental Kabuki Theater|Ben Jacobs|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST He met that searching gaze as inscrutably as he had learned to endure the scrutiny of his opponent at the poker table. The Heart of Canyon Pass|Thomas K. Holmes The gaze bent upon the boy was searching and distinctly hostile. In the Days of Chivalry|Evelyn Everett-Green The birds were fled while we were searching for their nest in some secret corner of Venice. Mohawks, Volume 2 of 3|Mary Elizabeth Braddon While they were searching, the porcupine ambled away and was soon lost in the darkness. Bill Bruce on Forest Patrol|Henry Harley Arnold Under his searching gaze her face grew pale and ghastly as that upon the couch. At the Time Appointed|A. Maynard Barbour
British Dictionary definitions for searching
adjectivekeenly penetratinga searching look Derived forms of searchingsearchingly, adverbsearchingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to searchingcurious, seeking, penetrating, inquiring, experimental, inquisitive, sharp, studious, exploratory, fact-finding |