- present participle of search.
searching
Example Sentences
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At the office, he’s known for poring over annual reports, searching for nuggets that can lead to a profitable investment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Instead of searching for quark and antiquark pairs after lead ion collisions, the researchers looked for events in which one quark traveled through the plasma in nearly the opposite direction from a "Z boson."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Despite his success, Smerud has not publicly been guaranteed anything beyond this season; officially, the team is still searching for a new manager.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Kennedy also called Trump a friend before searching for a way to describe the president.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Suddenly he wanted to believe that they’d been searching through his room, snooping around.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
