- present participle of trawl.
trawling
Example Sentences
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Global pharmaceutical companies are now trawling for promising drugs from labs in biotech centers such as Shanghai and Suzhou.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
If you’re no longer a teenager but still don’t want to spend your whole night trawling Instagram, my Slate colleagues suggest:
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Investors trawling for value stocks have also boosted shares of energy and materials names.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
And the likes of Zudio and Max have brought about the "trendification" of affordable fashion for the first time, appealing to Gen-Z and young millennial buyers, by trawling the latest fads in Paris and Milan.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
I was trawling through every detail in my mind, every possible misstep, until I caught myself.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
