searchingly

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Even as Ms. Back writes searchingly and evocatively about her suffering, she finds that narrative prose cannot depict the “black pit of depression, a landscape marked by lacunae.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

One song, “Grandmother,” features Laraaji singing wildly and searchingly over the top of Lenker’s vocals.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

Stanley and M looked searchingly at each other.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2023

You might pass by it, look at it searchingly, and still wonder if it came together by accident or at the instigation of a creative intellect.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2020

She looked searchingly at Granny, who was pounding millet with pestle and mortar and mixing it with sorghum and nuts for an African delicacy.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane