leaf through
phrasal verb
leafed through; leafing through; leafs through
: to turn the pages of (a book, a magazine, etc.)
She was leafing through the magazine, looking at the pictures.
Examples of leaf through in a Sentence
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Happily, the result is that today anyone can come to UM and leaf through the hallowed books to marvel at how Redouté’s glowing illustrations of the wide variety of roses that grew in Josephine’s imperial gardens appear to pop off the page.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Charlie Peters, a student about to embark on a philosophy masters at The University of Edinburgh, took the time to leaf through a 159-page report on child exploitation in Rotherham, a town in the north of England.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Hardcover Travel Photo Book Screens are convenient, but nothing will replicate the experience of someone leafing through a physical book of their photos.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
But leafing through these yellowing pages, I'm struck by the vibrant lives captured within.
—Claudia Cowan, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
Hovde has taken pains to share the story of his Norwegian immigrant great-grandparents’ arrival in a northwest Wisconsin logging town and is airing an ad featuring his wife, Sharon, leafing through a photo album featuring his days at Madison East High School and UW.
—Thomas Beaumont, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
Each of the men silently leafed through their own paper copy of the indictment.
—Nick Maslow, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
Looking at magazines felt somehow like leafing through a catalog of impossibly beautiful objects d’art—gorgeous but abstract, distant.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
But it is widely considered one of the premier venues around Big Sky, and claims to have the biggest wine list in Montana, a claim that is easy to believe when leafing through the phone-book sized directory.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2025
Charlie Peters, a student about to embark on a philosophy masters at The University of Edinburgh, took the time to leaf through a 159-page report on child exploitation in Rotherham, a town in the north of England.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
Hardcover Travel Photo Book Screens are convenient, but nothing will replicate the experience of someone leafing through a physical book of their photos.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
But leafing through these yellowing pages, I'm struck by the vibrant lives captured within.
—Claudia Cowan, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
Hovde has taken pains to share the story of his Norwegian immigrant great-grandparents’ arrival in a northwest Wisconsin logging town and is airing an ad featuring his wife, Sharon, leafing through a photo album featuring his days at Madison East High School and UW.
—Thomas Beaumont, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2024
Each of the men silently leafed through their own paper copy of the indictment.
—Nick Maslow, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
Looking at magazines felt somehow like leafing through a catalog of impossibly beautiful objects d’art—gorgeous but abstract, distant.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
But it is widely considered one of the premier venues around Big Sky, and claims to have the biggest wine list in Montana, a claim that is easy to believe when leafing through the phone-book sized directory.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Leaf through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leaf%20through. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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