How To Use Cast about In A Sentence
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The first time I was in Yugoslavia, Constantine took me down to Macedonia so that I could give a broadcast about it, and when we arrived at Skoplje I thought I should have to run away because he had talked to me the whole time during the journey from Belgrade, which had lasted for twelve hours, and I had felt obliged to listen.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: Part V
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He cast about desperately for something to say.
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While my classmates streamed into on-campus interviews with Wall Street brokerage firms (becoming an "arbitrageur" was all the rage then, even among students who as juniors had vowed to spend their lives painting or composing), I cast about for another test to take, another contest to compete in.
Lost in the Meritocracy
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I'll give you sjambok, my lady!" growls I, and lifted her bodily out of the swing, but even as I cast about for galloping room, she left off gnawing at me and panted: "Wait ... let me show you!
THE NUMBERS
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The dynamic nature of the security market, combined with its seemingly perpetual immaturity, can leave any forecast about its future off target.
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The police cast about for fresh evidence.
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Cupped the small flame with a trembling hand. Cast about for a taper.
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Town himself in his own caroche, till he heard of your Ladyship's trouble, and then he cast about to know of some friend that was going, so he might leave it for you.
It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
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The police cast about for fresh evidence.
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She cast about for some excuse for refusing his proposal.
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The SNP election broadcast about waiting lists was controversial and provoked many heart-searching discussions about negative campaigning and taste.
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The crew flurried up like a torrent of snowflakes, cast about in attempts to fulfill commands as the ship berthed.
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She made an interesting broadcast about the origin of modern music.
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Give him a moment to cast about and reel his thoughts back in, and what's he caught?
STUART: A Life Backwards
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But gang away now, minister, and put by the siller, and dinna keep the notes wampishing in your hand that gate, or I shall wish them in the brown pigg again, for fear we get a black cast about them -- we're ower near the hills in these times to be thought to hae siller in the house.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete
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Dissatisfied with the stilted term thesaurus, he cast about for the mot juste and happily came up with promptory (derived from a Medieval Latin word meaning ` storehouse, repository ') as a better name for a book constructed for prompt reference and to prompt those who search for the right word.
VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 3
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They were roundly subjected to insults, smutty comments and had a multitude of aspersions cast about their manhood for the duration of their walk around the town.
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But gang away now, minister, and put by the siller, and dinna keep the notes wampishing in your hand that gate, or I shall wish them in the brown pigg again, for fear we get a black cast about them --- we're ower near the hills in these times to be thought to hae siller in the house.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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Holy God of heaven and earth, we are humbled by your divine majesty, and cast about for the best words to honor you.
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Ilium's town and the Phrygians; give me wreaths to cast about me; bring them hither; here are my tresses to crown; bring lustral water too.
Iphigenia at Aulis
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They cast about to solve this problem.
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In a course of earnest intellectual work, the pupil must too often, with his present aids, become aware of absence of comprehension; he is ever and anon brought to stand still and cast about for the unsupplied preliminary facts and truths, for the unhinted hypotheses and inferences, which his situation and previous study do not enable him to supply, but which are necessary to a _comprehension_ of the results set down for him to deal with.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 5, May, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
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She made an interesting broadcast about the origin of modern music.
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Give him a moment to cast about and reel his thoughts back in, and what's he caught?
STUART: A Life Backwards
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He is entertained by an eminent Dutch jurist in Amsterdam -- and upon the pages of the chronicle it appears that the gentleman is "waxy" and "a little pedantic," and that he is probably the sort of "thin, delicate, well barbered" professor that Ibsen had in mind when he cast about for a husband for the daughter of General Gabler.
A Book of Prefaces
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She cast about frantically for an excuse.
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One feels so helpless, so small in the face of such awesome power being so recklessly cast about.
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They cast about to solve this problem.
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He cast about for an escape route.
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No similar red mud catastrophe was seen before: that is why any kind of forecast about the short and the long term environmental impacts are uncertain.
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In the other loungey-area (you are too tired to bother much with effusive description of the decor, but there is a great buffet area), there is a news broadcast about an earthquake in Indonesia, which leads to worries about a tsunami in the Asian region.
> Leave Perth
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The shuttler penetrated the overcast about ten miles off target, located, and started its approach.
Attrition
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She cast about anxiously for Alina and upon sighting her on the second story let out an earsplitting whinny.
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Programming Director Ron Semiao cast about for ideas by browsing through specialty magazines devoted to skating, rock climbing and bicycling.
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She cast about frantically for an excuse.
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“Well, she miscarried, and I know how badly he needs a child, and…” I cast about the room hopefully, looking for supporters.
Exit the Actress
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She smoked as a diversionary tactic and cast about to compensate.
THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
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Around the corner, with the rest of the Celtic fans, Sean is downcast about the 3-2 win for Rangers, but sure his team can bounce back.
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He cast about for an escape route.
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She made an interesting broadcast about the origin of modern music.
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She cast about for some excuse for refusing his proposal.
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The inside of the dome of trees was lit by uncut chunks of glow stones, cast about the edge of the ring of the room and a large one in the middle.
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She cast about for some excuse for refusing his proposal.
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She made an interesting broadcast about the origin of modern music.
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Vulgar clothed in sindon or fine linen: for to that the words have respect: not that he had some linen loosely and by chance cast about him, but that the garment wherewith he always went clothed, was of sindon, that is, of linen.
From the Talmud and Hebraica
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He cast about desperately for something to say.
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The 22 day at eight in the morning, we cast about to the Southward; and this day in the morning we saw the William vnder our lee as far as we could see her, and with a great fogge we lost the sight of her, and since we haue not seene her.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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He cast about for an escape route.
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We might multicast about six channels on one 10 Megahertz band, but video on demand, streaming different programs over a shared service eats up a lot of bandwidth and I don't think we'll be doing that.
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Programming Director Ron Semiao cast about for ideas by browsing through specialty magazines devoted to skating, rock climbing and bicycling.
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Give him a moment to cast about and reel his thoughts back in, and what's he caught?
STUART: A Life Backwards
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She cast about for his location, eventually following the architecture down below the house and grounds into the warren of interconnected bunkers and tunnels.
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At the least, it might behoove us to accept and make the best of it, rather than whine about our "druthers" and cast about for someone, or something, to blame.
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