perusing

Example Sentences

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While perusing them, he said he discovered that the foreword to their book had been plagiarized from an article written by a BBC reporter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

With no formal engineering background, Richardson began collecting information online, perusing old manuals, learning through trial and error.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

It's a story I first stumbled on almost a decade ago while perusing the newspaper archives – and the more I dug, the more I discovered.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

So next time you’re in the herb aisle, perusing the verdant options, bypass the usual suspects.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2025

There was a simple reason for my having taken to perusing such works; it was an extremely efficient way to maintain and develop one's command of the English language.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro