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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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"Katie Peck," and was not easy to read, here and there.

From Lin McLean by Wister, Owen

Skip a few pages," Bill Brown advised, "and read here and there.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack

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)

Self-Reliance," and turning the leaves, read here and there a passage which was marked: "'My life is for itself, and not for a spectacle.'

From Rose in Bloom by Alcott, Louisa May

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

read here and there

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