leaf through
Example Sentences
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Yes, his journalists had used private investigators with databases to legally obtain phone numbers, so they didn't have to leaf through phone books.
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026
Some city ordinances weren’t even indexed, forcing Birch and Karabian to leaf through the longhand lawbooks page by page, wearing special archival gloves.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2023
We still neatly package misery for students, leaving it as something to stumble upon as they leaf through files, as if it's as ordinary as a rule of civil procedure or a trespassing statute.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2022
As the owners, they can listen to the 31 tracks on its two CDs, ogle its engraved nickel-silver box and leaf through the leather-bound parchment book that are part of the item’s overall package.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2021
He handed it over to her, and she began to leaf through it silently.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
