How to Use cast about in a Sentence

cast about

verb

• After his son Beau died, in 2015, of a brain tumor, Biden once again cast about for purpose.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• But then Gunn told her and the rest of the cast about his plan for the opening credits.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 14 Jan. 2022
• Pyles is looking to cast about 30 roles as well as extras for the film.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 13 July 2023
• Some even cast about for their next move, eager to keep the good times going.
  — New York Times, 7 July 2021
• Pasricha cast about for a way to move forward from this bleak time.
  — Jennifer King Lindley, Health.com, 25 June 2020
• Since leaving the European Union 18 months ago, Britain has cast about for a place in the world.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2021
• The brain casts about for sense or sequence to tether itself to.
  — Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• With no clear path to ending the shutdown, the White House is casting about for a way forward.
  — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2019
• Matt is just as surprised as the rest of his Manifest cast about the show coming back to life.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 14 Sep. 2021
• The hard-line leader has cast about for a strategy to end the wave of protests, with little success.
  — Jim Heintz, chicagotribune.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• The kid doesn’t have his own mask or anything but doubts are rapidly cast about his true parentage.
  — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• The Navy doesn’t have another C-130T and cast about for a replacement.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 June 2019
• Rosalind's been so amazing in chatting back and forth with the cast about her book and its core message.
  — Evan Real, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2018
• That meant that the pages themselves would be cast about quite a bit during transit to and from these varied trades.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2021
• Host Egypt Sherrod reminisces with the cast about the show’s eight seasons.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 25 July 2021
• But reading Georgia Hunter’s novel reminded the cast about the heart of the story.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
• Some regaled the cast about their favorite scenes or called them by their characters’ names.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
• His eyes cast about the roaring scene before him before landing on the banner.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• As for what's next, Kaitlyn shares that there's been lots of chatter among the cast about a potential Booksmarter.
  — Gabe Bergado, Teen Vogue, 22 May 2019
• The London mayor is not alone in casting about for ways to solve his city’s housing shortage.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2017
• And some cast about for alternatives to lead the party into the future.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 20 July 2024
• The former Cleveland Browns were still casting about for an identity in their new city.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Correspondent Seth Doane talks with the show's creators and cast about what makes their program unique.
  — David Morgan, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
• To make its legal case and advance its broader cause, the ACLU cast about for a suitable defendant.
  — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
• The Rangers have cast about for left-handed hitting leadoff options against right-handed starters since moving Miller out of the spot.
  — Dallas News, 4 May 2022
• In the intervening decade, the network has cast about for its standard-bearer.
  — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 22 June 2019
• Just as the jet-streams of Earth shape our climate, Jupiter’s jet-streams shape the clouds of ammonia cast about in the gas giant’s upper atmosphere.
  — Fox News, 10 Aug. 2018
• Many people are wildly casting about, not just for solutions, but for someone to take the blame.
  — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 22 Apr. 2020
• While the Golden State Warriors have made their historic run the last decade, a ticket scandal may have been casting about in their shadow.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 8 May 2023
• Major tech companies have been casting about for a few years to figure out what comes next after the laptop.
  — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, 9 Oct. 2018

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024