- present participle of trawl.
trawling
Example Sentences
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Investors trawling for value stocks have also boosted shares of energy and materials names.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
And the likes of Zudio and Max have brought about the "trendification" of affordable fashion for the first time, appealing to Gen-Z and young millennial buyers, by trawling the latest fads in Paris and Milan.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
Like many Lebou, Tall's father is a diver, plunging for fish which have drastically disappeared from Senegal's coast due to industrial trawling.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
It’s all he ever wanted to do, since he was around 12 years old and accompanied his father, a mailman and part-time shrimper, as he spent weekends trawling the marshy waters off Louisiana.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
I was trawling through every detail in my mind, every possible misstep, until I caught myself.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
