leaf through
Example Sentences
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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
At their home in Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh, Pete and Sadie Keogh leaf through the photo album which was put together by his friends and football teammates in Leeds, where he had settled to work.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2021
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
Here the ancient mouse took a while to leaf through the pages.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
