Collocations for "searching"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "searching" in context.
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ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- search the [area, house, car]
- search for [evidence, a clue]
- search for [traces, signs, indications] of
- search for your [keys, wallet, phone]
- search for the [truth, meaning of life]
- (have been) searching for [a way, answers]
- search by [name, category, size, keyword]
- search to find
- searched his memory (for)
- search your conscience
- search in the [woods, field, town]
- search [him, his person]
- searched [him, the car, the house] for [drugs, weapons]
- was searched for [drugs]
- was stripped and searched
- search the [web, internet]
- searched [her computer, the database, the directory] (for)
- search through [dozens, thousands] of
- search through [the snow, houses, books]
- search all [over, around] for
- [previously, already, thoroughly] searched
- [a close, a careful, a basic, an advanced] search
- a [computer, database, category] search
- an [online, internet] search
- a [police, nationwide, lifelong, house] search
- let me do a quick search [for, on]
- [do, run, perform] a search (for)
- [refine, edit, filter] your search (options)
- go in search of [help, inspiration, lost treasures]
- a [warrant, permit] for a search
- a search of the [area, building, premises]
- a search for [clues, leads, missing persons]
- search [tools, engines, criteria, options, results]
- [enter, introduce, change] your search [words, terms]
- (sent out) a search party
- a search-and-rescue mission (was launched)
'searching' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):