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Example sentences for "search for"

  • It was his intention to search for Clark at this cabin and effect his escape.

  • He had had some thought of slipping out by the fire-escape and making a search for Dick on his own account, but his lack of familiarity with his surroundings made that practically useless.

  • She then quickly continued, "It is, search for chrysanthemums; what's your idea about it?

  • She pulled open the drawers of the escritoire to search for money, but finding none, was too wary to carry off aught else.

  • The letter concluded with the information that the Intendant had gone to Trois Rivières, whence he might not return for a week, and that during his absence the Governor would probably order a search for her to be made at Beaumanoir.

  • I tell you the slightest whisper of Caroline's life or death in your house, reaching the ears of Philibert or La Corne St. Luc, will bring them to Beaumanoir with warrants to search for her.

  • Remembering then, for the first time since her aunt's death, the papers relative to the estates in question, she determined to search for them, as soon as her interview with Montoni was over.

  • I had spoken with her mother about my search for Hertha, telling her plainly all that had passed between me and Ailwin, and I asked her to tell me what she thought I must do now.

  • Now, in all this story telling there was one thing about which I said nothing, and that was my search for Hertha.

  • To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them.

  • The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.

  • I stayed about two hours in the neighbourhood, the children gaining sufficient confidence to come and help me to search for insects.

  • It is this which chiefly distinguishes them from the genus of common red stinging-ants, several species of which inhabit England, whose habit is to search for food in the usual irregular manner.

  • Bending our steps backwards, to search for water in the eastern hills, we were lucky enough to fall in with a puddle in the plains, at which we watered our horses, and again proceeded.

  • And I gat me up wearily to go forth into the Night again, that I should make a search for a hot spring, of which I had come past many.

  • King Inge and his men observed King Eystein's flight, and also that he had but few people with him, and they went immediately to search for him.

  • The king got up immediately, ordered to sound the call for a meeting of the court, and when the people were assembled he named men to go out to every quarter from the town, by sea and land, to search for Hrorek.

  • Wild went off in the launch to search for a landing-place but found the sea everywhere too formidable.

  • Whilst Mertz fed the dogs and prepared hoosh, Ninnis and I roped up and went off to search for a passage.

  • On May 1, Harrisson, Hoadley and Watson went away south towards the land at the head of the bay, which curved round to Junction Corner, to examine icebergs, take photographs and to search for seals.

  • She returned to the heavens, but was again sent down by Tangaloa to search for land.

  • It was only the day before a party were to go to the woods to search for a straight tree from which to make the keel of a new canoe for the king.

  • Lotofanga is said to have been named after Loto and Fanga, who were sent by the king of Fiji to search for a runaway son.

  • A detached party now went of to search for a route by which we could proceed.

  • The sun having now become very powerful we halted for breakfast; and whilst this meal was preparing, I sent out a detached party to search for a road, which soon returned to report that they were able to find no path by which we could proceed.

  • He told him how he had thought he heard his goat bleating and his sheep ba'ing, and how he went through the wood to search for them, and how his bullock was gone when he came back to the road.

  • That night when I felt the tears of Baun and Deelish I told them I was going to search for such a dowry for them that when they had it the King would let them marry the youths they had set their hearts on.

  • The King of Ireland's Son left Art and went into an unused room in the Castle to search for a little bell that he might put upon the Slight Red Steed.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "search for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    adequate idea; believe that; brought near; ceremonial purity; excellent spirits; good school; great size; healthy animals; industrial society; personal liberty; quoth she; reveals himself; search after; search for; searching glance; searching look; seven feet; single copy; swung round; thou knows; three ranks; three white; whom the; you just; you little