read here and there

VERB

browse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flip through leaf through peruse read scan skim

STRONG

feed graze nibble survey

WEAK

check over dip into examine cursorily get the cream give the once-over glance at hit the high spots inspect loosely once over lightly pass an eye over riff through riffle through run through skip through thumb through wander

VERB

riffle

Synonyms

STRONG

feed graze leaf nibble peruse read scan skim survey thumb

WEAK

check over dip into examine cursorily flip through get the cream give the once-over glance at hit the high spots inspect loosely leaf through once over lightly pass an eye over riff through riffle through run through skip through thumb through wander

Antonyms

STRONG

neglect

Example Sentences

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Then I read here and there in all of them, observing all the old passages I had marked.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

We read here and there in books, that very often angels came at the departure of good men, and with ghostly hymns led their souls to heaven.

From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham

He opened his book at that group of short poems called Heimkehr, and read here and there, as fancy led him.

From Phantom Fortune, a Novel by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

Her husband took it up again, and read here and there a passage from it.

From A Modern Instance by Howells, William Dean

As Edward read here and there a letter, it did seem as though his friends stood beside him, and spoke words of advice which conscience whispered should be heeded.

From Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us by Adams, John S. (John Stowell)

read here and there

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