ferret out

Example Sentences

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Such information can be hard enough to ferret out in democracies.

From The Wall Street Journal

The modern discipline of psychology would ferret out the private motives of regular and refined collectors alike.

From The Wall Street Journal

We will ferret out students who protest against my policies.

From Salon

Taylor ferrets out the secret with her bloodthirsty relentlessness and immediately raises pandemonium.

From Los Angeles Times

The controversy prompted a more broadly-based movement to ferret out other Vietnamese celebrities suspected of conspiring against the country.

From Los Angeles Times