Thesaurus / leave no stone unturned
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
As Perker said this, he looked towards the door, with an evident desire to render the leave-taking as brief as possible.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENS
Now for the tempering of the Gudgeons, I leave it to the judgment of the Workman; but a word or two of the polishing of it.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMAN
That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY
Monsieur,” growls the baron, “stone walls have ears, you say if only they had tongues; what tales these could tell!
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
We can do as we like with Hindu and Mussalman so long as we leave their respective religions untouched.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
“You must leave this house this moment,” she cried, with a stamp, with gleaming eyes and very pale.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
A colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
The clink of the stone-masons' chisels had resounded year after year from morning till night.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
A few small rocks of some soft stone may be added, and in between these the Ferns are planted.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTIN
WORDS RELATED TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED
- abide
- be resolute
- be stubborn
- continue
- endure
- follow through
- follow up
- go all the way
- go on
- go the limit
- grind
- hold on
- insist
- keep up
- last
- leave no stone unturned
- linger
- obtain
- perdure
- perseverate
- persevere
- prevail
- pursue
- recur
- remain
- repeat
- see through
- stick it out
- stick to guns
- strive
- tough it out
- abide
- be resolute
- be stubborn
- continue
- endure
- follow through
- follow up
- go all the way
- go on
- go the limit
- grind
- hold on
- insist
- keep up
- last
- leave no stone unturned
- linger
- obtain
- perdure
- perseverate
- persevere
- prevail
- pursue
- recur
- remain
- repeat
- see through
- stick it out
- stick to guns
- strive
- tough it out
- appropriate
- comb
- despoil
- explore
- ferret
- filch
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- gut
- hunt
- investigate
- lay waste
- leave no stone unturned
- lift
- look all over for
- look high and low
- look into
- loot
- make off with
- maraud
- overhaul
- peer
- pilfer
- pillage
- pinch
- plunder
- poach
- probe
- pry
- purloin
- raid
- rake
- rape
- ravish
- rifle
- rob
- rummage
- rustle
- sack
- scan
- scour
- scrutinize
- search
- seek
- seize
- shake down
- sound
- spoil
- spy
- steal
- strip
- take away
- thieve
- beat the bushes
- comb
- delve
- dig out
- disarrange
- disarray
- disorder
- disorganize
- disrupt
- disturb
- examine
- explore
- ferret out
- fish
- forage
- grub
- hunt
- jumble
- leave no stone unturned
- look high and low
- mess up
- mix up
- poke
- rake
- root
- scour
- search high heaven
- seek
- shake
- shake down
- spy
- toss
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beat the bushes
- comb
- delve
- dig out
- disarrange
- disarray
- disorder
- disorganize
- disrupt
- disturb
- examine
- explore
- ferret out
- fish
- forage
- grub
- hunt
- jumble
- leave no stone unturned
- look high and low
- mess up
- mix up
- poke
- rake
- root
- scour
- search high heaven
- seek
- shake
- shake down
- spy
- toss
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- beat
- beat about
- cast about
- chase after
- check
- comb
- examine
- explore
- ferret
- forage
- frisk
- go in quest of
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- grope
- grub
- gun for
- hunt
- hunt for
- inquire
- inspect
- investigate
- leave no stone unturned
- look
- look for
- look high and low
- look over
- poke into
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- quest
- rake
- ransack
- rifle through
- root
- rummage
- run down
- scan
- scour
- scout
- scrutinize
- seek
- shake down
- sift
- smell around
- study
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
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