How to Use search out in a Sentence

search out

phrasal verb
Definition of search outnext
  • Most nights, people searched out the clubs with the coolest air conditioning.
    — Emily Kask, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The brothers knew March was the best time to search out the deer antler sheds before they were blanketed by tall spring grasses.
    — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
  • He’s been up and down Appalachia searching out rare types of his beloved pome, many of which were nearly extinct.
    — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The theater is still in the process of searching out a permanent artistic director.
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 3 Nov. 2023
  • His beers became Golden Ticket that beer geeks would search out and discuss in online chatrooms.
    — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • If the showstopping fixture will interrupt sightlines to a window with a view, Jenkins will search out a fixture with clear-glass diffusers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
  • In areas without conflict, people can adapt to changes in the weather by moving, for instance, searching out dry land when there is flooding and more-fertile areas when there is drought.
    — Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 1 July 2023
  • If a search was legal, the people who were arrested were brought before the Public Ministry, along with the evidence, but there were ten legal searches out of every hundred.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2024
  • For any guests looking for some help with their travel plans, the platform offers a virtual booking assistant that can search out the best deals on hotels, Airbnb accommodations and more.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Astronomers have invented a new method for searching out and spotting exoplanets.
    — Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
  • Don’t forget casting into shallower water, as walleyes will search out prey in skinnier water than most anglers perceive.
    — David A. Rose, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Work with a seamstress to create your own with direct-to-consumer fabric from industry-favorite sources like Spoonflower, or search out high-impact patterns to bring your design together.
    — Anna Logan, Country Living, 11 July 2023
  • To add insult to injury, photographers and artists have found that these artificial intelligence systems were trained on their work which was searched out online without their permission.
    — Photovogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Critics have concluded, absolutely correctly, that this provision serves to elide the manifold horrors of slavery by searching out its good side.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • Now the lanky Louisiana Republican is searching out secretive routes through back hallways and winding staircases to avoid being mobbed by reporters.
    — Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 25 May 2023

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