search out

phrasal verb

searched out; searching out; searches out
: to find (someone or something) by carefully looking
She searched out the needed information.

Examples of search out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Tinged blue and searching out blue zones across the valley-side, through the public reserve. John Kinsella, The New York Review of Books, 31 Oct. 2024 But what truly makes this a movie worth searching out is the way writer-director Bernardo Britto’s sideways take on carpe diem sets the stage for its lead to rage, and somehow never lets the high-concept premise eclipse the performance at the center of it. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024 No control or restraint In the mixed state of sleep and wakefulness that is sleep eating, the ancient brain takes over, searching out foods that might satisfy the body’s need for gratification. Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 8 July 2024 The 19-year-old, UConn’s second one-and-done, will go from tossing alley-oop passes to Donovan Clingan to now searching out 7-foot-4 phenom Victor Wembanyama, the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for search out 

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“Search out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20out. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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