comb

Example Sentences

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Commander Grieve appealed for anyone with information to contact police, as officers and volunteers comb nearby bush and desert for Sharon.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

He used it himself to comb through some 8,000 responses after asking employees how he could reduce bureaucracy, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Thanks to “Cosmic Music,” anyone interested in her life and work doesn’t have to go comb through microfilm or ancient magazines to learn more about this unbelievably accomplished and completely fascinating human being.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Friends and loved ones continued to comb the area for signs of Cynthia, searching creeks and sewer drains and putting up flyers on utility poles.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

His hair was a tufted brown crew cut, as if his mother, Regina, or his sister, Joan, had clipped it one day and a comb hadn't touched it since.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady