SEARCH in a Sentence

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Some passers-by informed him that the man and child of whom he was in search had gone towards the forest in the direction of Gagny.

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 Meanings and Examples of SEARCH
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search
 v.  try to locate or discover; seek
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I was informed that the very religious Knights of Malta never fail to make this search when they take any Turkish prisoners of either sex.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XI
2  Upon their arrival at Venice, Candide went to search for Cacambo at every inn and coffee-house, and among all the ladies of pleasure, but to no purpose.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXIV
3  But Candide paid no regard to these newcomers, his thoughts were entirely employed on his voyage to Constantinople, in search of his beloved Cunegonde.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
4  Then without losing time, he and his companions went on board a galley, in order to search on the banks of the Propontis for his Cunegonde, however ugly she might have become.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVII
5  He never went far in search of his arguments and his examples.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—A HARD BISHOPRIC FOR A GOOD BISHOP
6  One day he rose from his arm-chair, and went to his library in search of a book.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS
7  They instituted a search in the churches of the neighborhood.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VII—CRAVATTE
8  It was the wayfarer whom we have seen wandering about in search of shelter.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE HEROISM OF PASSIVE OBEDIENCE.
9  He was encountered towards evening in the most deserted clearings, in the wildest thickets; and he had the appearance of being in search of something, and sometimes he was digging holes.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
10  Boulatruelle has seen him, and is on the search.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—IN WHICH THE READER WILL PERUSE TWO VERSES, WH...
11  The search was continued until the evening: they did not even find the body.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III—THE ANKLE-CHAIN MUST HAVE UNDERGONE A CERTAIN...
12  The nettles seemed to twist long arms furnished with claws in search of prey.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER V—THE LITTLE ONE ALL ALONE
13  Then he removed his shoes, took one of the two candles, blew out the other, opened the door, and quitted the room, gazing about him like a person who is in search of something.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VIII—THE UNPLEASANTNESS OF RECEIVING INTO ONE'S H...
14  She had gone in search of Cosette at her husband's orders.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IX—THENARDIER AND HIS MANOEUVRES
15  Some passers-by informed him that the man and child of whom he was in search had gone towards the forest in the direction of Gagny.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
Example Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
16  These animals migrate annually in search of food.
17  Wolves prowled the forest in search of prey.
18  They are a lost generation in search of an identity.
19  Police are still looking for clues in their search for the missing girl.
20  Do a global search for 'organise' and replace it with 'organize'.
21  Stories about pirates often include a search for buried treasure.
22  We shall soon see that some good search algorithms involve remembering many states.
23  The first step in a job search is to prepare an up-to-date CV.
24  She went into the kitchen in search of a drink.
25  The company is engaged in the eternal search for a product that will lead the market.
26  Modern medical search results have proved that some diseases are present by heredity.
27  The navy are on a search and rescue mission.
28  Lynda now sees many of her clients downshifting in search of a new way of living.
29  Heedless of time or any other consideration, they began to search the underwater cave.
30  Perhaps they will wait until morning before launching a search.