How To Use Find In A Sentence

I can't find any relevant material on him in the library.
You would be hard pressed to find a young captain or major who hadn't flown combat sorties in the area of operations.
Note that you'll be able to find the demonstration projects themselves as open-source projects on the companion site to the column (see Resources).
I have to find grass and bring it up to them, otherwise they'll die. Times, Sunday Times
This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.

What do a few lives matter now if we can find new, unpolluted territories and new ways to survive? THE ANCIENT AND SOLITARY REIGN
Consumers get incredibly upset when dieticians and researchers backtrack on previous findings, proclaiming that products once deemed healthy are now in question.
Let's find out what's coming up in a few minutes on "PAULA ZAHN NOW" -- Paula. CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2006
This was just a few years after Lord Byron woke to find Child Harold's Pilgrimage in the bookshops and himself famous, as it were, overnight.
The thing is, a lot of people find a motor home vacation more enjoyable.
Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years. Times, Sunday Times
Although I have finally been given a small piece of work to do (nothing crucial, generous deadline), I'm finding it hard to apply myself after such a long period of enforced inactivity.
The software is also a great customization solution for those who would like to alter the look and feel of the Finder, Dock and login window, making it easy to prebind and re-prebind their entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis," locate databases, and so on. Softpedia News - Global
We need first of all a fact finding mission and then we need to put together a coalition of conservators, a cultural coalition.
I find it hard to get my tongue round these Polish names.
A man came to load it onto the bus as we ran to find Ranwen's parents and siblings.
There are some trademark pieces - elegant-legged tables and high-quality marquetry - mixed in with contemporary designer furniture, antique shop finds and some very in-your-face art.
It is murder trying to find a parking place for the car.
There's nothing you can do to change the little ones' minds about the gewgaws and gimcracks they expect to find beneath the tree - or to stop your in-laws' annual onslaught, for that matter.
I don't otherwise want to move: I have a large place in a convenient location with reasonable rent that allows pets, which isn't easy to find.
He was afraid of waking up in the morning and finding that Jessie was dead.
Now, though, insurers find they are increasingly paying out for teenagers crashing expensive vehicles that they would not normally have the ghost of a chance of obtaining cover for.
Some find it repugnant, others see them as casualties in an undeclared war that is greatly preferable to the alternative of full-scale conflict. Times, Sunday Times
I can find no legitimate references to the use of metallic, inorganic, or organic silver compounds as a sanitizer, disinfectant, or sterilizing agent. quaternary ammonium chloride compounds - Mixtures of compounds such as alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, dioctyl dimethyl ammonium chloride, and octyl decyl dimethyl ammonium chloride are very commonly used as surface sanitizer; if you look at your household cleaners that claim disinfecting properties, there's a high percentage chance that you'll find a "quat". Question ;Microdyne
But, outside the darker imaginings of the internet, it is hard to find such a person. Times, Sunday Times
Why not put in some overtime at the office and find the company a way to save money, increase efficiency, or improve on a product?
He visited a specialist yesterday to find out whether he requires surgery. Times, Sunday Times
Unless a guide is along for the ride, it's all too easy to overshoot the reef and find yourself in green water, 200 feet above the nearest marine life.
‘I find most skeptics to be incurable optimists,’ Hyde continues.
Thanks to her doctor’s recommendations she finds herself feeling decafargic by noon. cardiacpopups – the messages that popup on your computer when you are in the middle of an important project and warn you that your computer is about to conk out. on 07 Sep 2007 at 5: 52 pm Kimberly defurrify – to remove pet hair/dander from a person or thing on 07 Sep 2007 at 6: 12 pm Heather Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writer Unboxed’s CONTEST, CONTEST!
Could the hearts of kings and the counsels of cabinets be known with that literal exactness which is so desirable in politics, and yet so unattainable, we should probably find that Prussia's apparent readiness to lead Germany was owing to her determination that German armies should be led nowhere to the assistance of Austria. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861
A combining approach to find all taxon names (FAT) in legacy biosystematic literature. BioMed Central - Latest articles
She talks to doctors and parents about the risks, finding that a number object to the jab and fear it will promote promiscuity. The Sun
The site aims to find you the best real-time prices on airfares by trawling 35 airlines and travel websites.
_The Terrace at Berne_ has been already dealt with, but that mood for epicede, which was so frequent in Mr Arnold, finds in the _Carnac_ stanzas adequate, and in _A Southern Night_ consummate, expression. Matthew Arnold
Finding a job should have been an occasion for rejoicing.
Oddly, these TV wreck detectives are always trying to find out something which the experienced real divers nannying them around the wreck discovered when they first dived the ship 20 years ago.
A copyreader might not find it perfect, for the assault is allotted too much space and the pursuit too little, but it tells the story in its baldest aspect. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing
The most storied place to find Gaucho boots is Casa Fagliano, a hole-in-the-wall bootmaker in Hurlingham, which is a British suburb of Buenos Aires. 20 Odd Questions: Stephanie Phair
She also finds homes for elderly brood dogs from farms in Florida.
Finding the swiftest pursuer close upon his heels, he threw off, first his blanket, then his silver-laced coat and belt of peag, by which his enemies knew him to be Canonchet, and redoubled the eagerness of pursuit. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
He swept his hands up and down the smooth sides, trying to find a notch or groove.
This finding is of great concern inasmuch as the protection principle and measures of gaseous arsine are different from the airborne arsenic particulate.
The Christmas penny jar will buy more food and drink than we could possibly consume over the holiday and there aren't any goodies I truly fancy finding in my stocking.
The proper signification of hosanna is that which we find, Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
He may also be able to find a sublet, many of the med students go home for the summer, so he may be able to find a furnished room/apartment for cheap.
The excruciating embarrassment of finding one's personal peccadillos exposed to public scrutiny makes kiss-and-tell the perfect vengeance-fodder.
Same advt. twice even thrice which I find not interesting And I am sure noone will find it interesting. The medium and large rectangle square off
It would be interested to find out if this study separated San Jose/Silicon Valley MSA from the San Francisco/San Mateo/Marin MSA. The High-Tech Job Capital Is…The Big Apple? - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
You will soon find a guy who can give you the love you deserve. The Sun
The investigation will try to find out where the guilt for the disaster really lies.
Just as Peter Crouch the binman may find his lanky frame considerably less alluring to the opposite sex. Archive 2009-07-01
We then repeat this fractionation process on these 10 compounds, rescreen them and find the active one, and then identify what that compound is. Odette Yustman in GQ Magazine
There were bestiaries in the Library, she knew, but finding and getting access to them could be a problem. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
We will pay you a suitable, er, emolument as the finder and introducer of this piece if it does turn out to be genuine and we buy it? GOTHIC PURSUIT
I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions.
Don't you find it tiresome always having to be conscious of your appearance? Times, Sunday Times
They evidently find the densely planted crop a satisfactory alternative to the nettles and brambles that they generally build in. Times, Sunday Times
What they find could provide clues to what might happen worldwide if ozone depletion continues.
Despite his excitement, there are few things Ignaciuk finds lacking in his life in Bulgaria.
Coming back to the bill itself, I find that the figures have been massaged.
Would it be fair to say she's finding it easier giving herself to her work than to a relationship?
Instead of talking about the mechanical superiority of their latest cars, manufacturers hired the sexiest, perkiest breasted young women they could find to writhe, lean and lick their lips next to their new products. Judith Acosta: How Marketers Capitalize On Your Fear: Confessions Of An Ex-Ad-Woman
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There's a reason that those invites a fortunate few received, allowing them to attend the après-opening private reception at the latest, greatest Place To Be, the Feral Cheerleader, are tinctured with a hue you cannot find at Sherwin-Williams. James Scarborough: "Stay Free© or Die: The Menstrual Hut Project," International City Bungalow Gallery, Long Beach, California
I was standing in some kind of wooded area and looking around Probably trying to find any distraction to keep me from going for my lecture and I did eventually find that tap-dancing squirrel but that's a story for another post and then somehow bits and pieces began to hit me. Archive 2005-02-01
This fact confirms the connection which we find, notwithstanding the difference of fracture and of specific gravity between the saussurite and the siliceous basis of the porphyrschiefer, which is the phonolite Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
If the borsholder could not find such a number to answer for their innocence, the decennary was compelled by fine to make satisfaction to the king, according to the degree of the offence. [ The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John
The culture that he describes is so different from mine that I sometimes find it hard to relate to.
The bird was trying to find food for its brood.
Most of the hard work was done by women, since many of the men had gone off to find employment.
Staff are still collating signatures to find out exactly how many people took part.
This can easily be addressed by finding the right clothes to flatter her figure. The Sun
If I'm trying to find a contact name and I type "Kab" that means I'm looking for someone whose name starts with or includes those letters; don't autocorrect it to "tab" just because I have someone whose name does include that. Samsung Galaxy S II and HTC Incredible S smartphones – review
You've also threatened, or you've also mentioned that my relationship threatens my country and again I find that such a huge leap of illogic.
I went into the office to find the offender, and saw a worried woman crumpled in a chair in the corner, wearing a look of weariness and doubt.
*shuffle, dig dig* I digs throo teh blankees an finds wun just for yoo. Can I come live wiv u? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
You can do a search on calcimine paint removal and find lots of different tips.
When Carol Thatcher returns to these shores from the jungle she may well be rather surprised to find her ‘good friend’ Linda McDougall quoted in most of the papers. Carol & Linda to Heal the Rift?
This magnificent bit of luck, the finding of the calisaya, awakened in the susceptible bosom of Mr. Marcoy an ardent desire to explore for himself the site of its discovery. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873
I'm looking at it afresh and applying my findings not only to our bespoke tailoring but to the ready-to-wear collection. Times, Sunday Times
Pearl scurried about the deck, searching the pirate crew to find the captain.
Engineers are very anxious to learn of its findings and to begin to correct the faults of the main water supply line from up north in New York State down to the City.
The family made the amazing find while on a nature ramble in the woods.
Paul Williams is a master of talking horseshit, but even a guffer like him finds it hard to fill pages every week with shite sensationalism about the Irish criminal underworld. Irish Blogs
Nato may find itself having to go to the rescue of some of the craft before the operation is over. Times, Sunday Times
You've got to find a common denominator. Times, Sunday Times
But the City wants to find jazz lovers another home.
But their recording finds them in less than top form, and Solti sometimes leads them astray.
This is particularly true of the film's climax, which somehow manages to demolish several cop cars, and find Ellen clutching a parasail and jumping through flaming hoops in water skis, yet still be completely unfunny.
Knowing as much as you can about the problem is helpful in finding solutions. Coping with Stress at Work
She finds herself filled with anxiety about her relationship with her lover. Christianity Today
Even after hours of non-stop dancing into the wee hours, most people find that they are rejuvenated and full of energy.
Galbanum is also a apparent, though more coumarin-like than the sharp green I am accustomed to find in this interesting resinoid. Villoresi's Vetiver
In recent years many have forsaken their turbans and beards, claiming it counts against them when trying to find a job. Times, Sunday Times
It is not unusual to find substances in illegal drugs that are much more harmful than the drugs themselves.
The traditional view is that the malefic planets tend to be obstructive; planets debilitated by sign or house position tend to find it difficult to act.
There's no instant way of finding a cure - it's just a process of trial and error.
Dave couldn't find his passport at the airport and then there were further complications when Fiona lost her baggage.
Science finds that a surface tension on the water can draw the boats together, like toy boats in a bathtub.
Cavil, Doral and another Simon how long have you got buddy? find the dead doctor Simon and once again Cavil shows himself to be a pathetic military planner, he admits he "miscalculated" Boomer's actions. VARIANTS: DAYBREAK, PT II - REVIEW
Among the most desolate sandhills you may find in July acres of wax-white pyrola – like lilies of the valley splashed with pink – covering the plains between the lonely ridges of harsh, grey grass. The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing
Rather than deal with the hassle of finding tenants and collecting the rent, I had appointed an agent to do the dirty work.
Scores of jurors were quickly dismissed yesterday as the judge tackled the daunting task of finding an unbiased jury. Times, Sunday Times
We bumbled around each other like Laurel and Hardy in the gloom, fumbling for a torch we couldn't find.
It is a good service to provide for your listeners so we don't have to pause the show find whatever your looking at and then come back. aria on August 22, 2009 3: 04 pm intro is a cover of the airman stage on rockman 2. its called airman ga taosenai, u can find lots of versions of it on nico nico douga Anime Pulse » Shows
Mr Vermes, who was close to that research effort, finds good reason to criticise it for slowness and carelessness—but no ground to assert a conspiracy.
In comparing different voices and different accounts, he naturally finds many discrepancies. The Times Literary Supplement
Downsizing produced an increased risk of sickness absence, in line with earlier findings.
They having observed where the Chest stood, and wanting a necessary mooveable to houshold, yet loath to lay out money for buying it: complotted together this very night, to steale it thence, and carry it home to their house, as accordingly they did; finding it somewhat heavy, and therefore imagining, that matter of woorth was contained therein. The Decameron
It is known as the substructure of B generated by X, and we find it by first adding to X all the elements cB where c are individual constants of K, and then closing off under the functions First-order Model Theory
The first problem was finding something as enjoyable as wine to drink after a day at work. Times, Sunday Times
So how, precisely, do I find myself the father of a teenage owner of one 5-year-old, skewbald, equine quadruped, about 13 hands tall, who answers, rather inattentively, to the name Buttons? Finding the Next Winner
He escaped a rolling road block by turning into the street where he lived, only to find it blocked by another police car. Times, Sunday Times
Why, I'm sure that Saint John the Do-As-I-Say-Not-As-I-Do Populist's votes had nothing to do with the corporate interests in North Carolina that he might find necessary to court later (or pay back for an earlier campaign donation). Tonight: The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner
I shrank inside and out from the fog and what it held-so alien to my flesh and spirit that to come even this close to it was befoulment beyond the finding of words. Year of the Unicorn
People keep trying to find rational explanations for their behavior.
Within the unalterable waves of change, we can never find any enduring refuge or freedom.
With other controversial issues such as slavery and women's ordination, laity and clergy could find Bible verses to help Spirit-led changes.
I've followed this story from the time Blaise and her boyfriend went galavanting around Marseilles, when you and your husband were desperately trying to find them both and fearing the worst. Une plaie - French Word-A-Day
The wolf market may be here to stay, at least until the economic recovery accelerates or another catalyst prompts the market to find footing.
Those buyers not up to speed might find they are left behind in the scramble to get onto the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times
He was finding it difficult to control his feelings.
In addition to the scholarly work of the study, he wrote Horace's Compromise to address its findings to a broader audience.
As the tragedy unfolded, the eyewitness tried to find a lifebuoy.
Your Anon commenter is a TROLL, they are people who basically google a topic, find blogs and start trouble. Homemaking Without Worry
Facing off against Daredevil's way coolist foe of the day, Death-Stalker, the team-up had a great moment when the villain grabbed GR's flaming skull and was freaked to find that he wouldn't die. DAREDEVIL #102 Marvel Comics, 1973
The news orgs, by contrast, are doing this out of laziness and a hopeless addiction to portraying lefties as a kind of perennially-disappointed lost tribe who will never, ever find their way out of the wilderness. News Orgs: The Left Is Upset With Obama -- Even Though It Isn't
Where we find questionable practices in sales or complaint handling, firms can expect that we will take action. Times, Sunday Times
I find that the association between gestational diabetes and perinatal death or morbidity was recognized in 1983.
We'll find ourselves on the streets if we don't pay the rent.
While I am sharply critical of American unilateralism and realpolitik masquerading as the defence of liberty, at times I find our own moralizing irritating.
Melanie finds her work exciting and rewarding.
I would like to find a cave, and then curled to the inside to start peace of mind to sleep, why not aestivation ah, there should be hibernating, and estivation.
Trying to find time to get to the store for diapers and other essentials sometimes made me want to cry.
Their pleasures derive from fulfilling internal wishes and desires and they find solitude easy to bear. Know Your Own Mind
The inn we occupied had one of these porches: Madame Barbot, our landlady, and her maid, were both dressed in Breton costume, with lace-trimmed embroidered caps and aprons of fine muslin, clear-starched and ironed with a perfection which the most accomplished "blanchisseuse du fin" of Paris would find it difficult to surpass. Brittany & Its Byways
However, he added that it was preferable to finding major problems with the home after completion.
Let me start by saying sorry if this has been posted elsewhere, but I couldn't find it in the sticky and I'm not sure how to search whole questions.
A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
If you run a small business it can be hard to find time to train your staff.
In contrast, George finds great kinship in the pristine and untainted teachings of the Hebrew codifier, Moses.
The beauty he has perceived must in accordance with our human needs find expression concretely, because it is only as he manifests himself in forms which we can understand that we are able to recognize him. The Enjoyment of Art
Were they spiritualized, minimized, or did they fail to find fulfillment only because of the failure of the restoration to materialize?
you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies
They travel well, apparently, so like the Scots, you will find them all over the world.
‘I try to write songs that people can find something to relate to - I'm more Neil Young than Will Young,’ he jested.
It was wonderful returning home that evening to find a packet of fruit pastilles waiting for me after I had eaten my dinner.
Many people find it socially and morally advantageous to hypocritically profess their religious beliefs, and to use religion to justify what they want to believe and do. Dr T.P.Chia
After a cut on the face or an exudation into the lungs, the loose tissues and multiple vessels allow the proliferating cells to obtain rich nourishment; absorption can take place readily, and the part regains its normal condition entirely, while a bruise at the heel or at the withers finds a dense, inextensible tissue where the multiplying elements and exuded fluids choke up all communication, and the parts die Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
Blomquist also considered the possibility that the driver finds use of the seat belt disagreeable.
If you try ferments at home, you may find some interesting microfauna try to crash the party. Fear not fermentation | Radical Futures Project
After our eyes adjust, we find the walls to be a gorgeous translucent blue, the surface scalloped into smooth, symmetrical wavelets.
A joyful date to keep in mind and make a note of, is when a birthday comes around to you.Thank you for your love which makes our home warm and beautiful.It is only with you that I find true contentment. Nothing will ever come between us.Happy birthday to you!
O. E. D. And after that Dee started finding E-words for all his collections so they could be OED 's too. CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
Keep thing seven years and you will find a use for it.
The band simply didn't have the time or resources to find an adequate replacement for Frank.
In fact, I was told that if you look up the word gullible in the dictionary you will find my picture. Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post
It is an uncomfortable feeling to find in her sickness the conventions of beauty - boniness and pallor.
He and Gross also want to find other genes involved in fruit softening in hopes of further improving firmness or viscosity.
It may have been the biting cold wind that concentrated minds on my questions, but contrary to what opinion surveys are finding, almost nobody owned up to being a don't know or no-show.
Mugabe previously dismissed Tibaijuka's findings as "biassed" and a product of western pressures. ANC Daily News Briefing
They must find the information for you to base your strategy on.
Trying to find truth in the blogs is like the search for the Holy Grail.
He struck me as a sincere and romantic person that hadn't had the chance to find love and instead had enjoyed the attention the women had lavished on him.
After the operation you may find it difficult to chew and swallow.
We thought that until we do not find a new place for ourselves in a safer locality, we will continue to stay here.
Just having a copier that worked, or being able to find tape or a stapler was a huge deal. Popular Posts Across MetaFilter
They are wholly unfitted, by temperament and training, for the cut-throat, hard-nosed commercial environment in which they now find themselves.
Nothing seek, nothing find.
Teams will also have to find ways of packaging the heavier and more complex power units. Times, Sunday Times
Find supermarket shopping almost impossible now, barely able to walk let alone push a trolley so did my first internet shop last night. AND GOD CREATED THE AU PAIR
As a monstrous assassin closes in and forces them to run, Jessa will have to find another way to discover if Matthias is her greatest ally — or her deadliest enemy. 2009 September « Items of Interest
I wouldn't be surprised if as a result of his Liverpool trip he finds his popularity ratings soaring.
Identify all the dumbos out there - in politics, in government, wherever they may find themselves - and invariably they are not readers.
He says to the ‘Outcasts of America… We make theater, we make community ’, thus finding a way to ‘entertain and educate the solitaries that make up a community’.
I even recently used the app to find out that the houseplant in my room is native to southeast Asia. David Kroodsma: Your iPhone: A Crowd-Sourced Field Guide to Save the Planet
On the other hand, subtrees) and) are trifurcating, and we need to resolve them to find the optimal tree.
To answer the 300-odd posers on the questionnaire without then being persuaded to sign up for the religion was an essential rite-of-passage for any spotty adolescent struggling to find their own voice.
On Sundaye mornynges itt is a fayre sighte to see her going to and fro churche in a _chapeau de Paris de la dernyère agonie_, bearyng a _parasolett a la ripp snap mettez-la encore debout_ style; and whych shee sayes is like a _homme blasé_, because it is Used Upp. Sundaie afternoon yee may find her in ye The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
This came from the xray: One finding not mentioned above, is of a 3.6 x 5. 6CM sharply marginated sclerotic rimmed area in left proximal femur, near lesser trochanter. Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
But the polyanthus are the ones that I'm finding irresistible.
I wrote a long paper last fall which you can find here in which I make out Gore as an epigone of Heidegger. Enowning
Heya guy i own the film Fight Club and every time i watch it i always catch a new part of the plot its that well made do you guys find this one of the most eye opening and phycological films ever made Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums
The police have checked out dozens of leads, but have yet to find the killer.
A good man is hard to find.
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He excavates the skull, and finds six handfuls of ambergris.
Bankrolled by an allowance from a rich uncle, she finds all of those as she takes small acting roles and moves from cafés and nightclubs in Montparnasse to a villa near Biarritz. 2009 December 07 « One-Minute Book Reviews
The government may finally find itself forced to address a subject that it has previously found uncomfortable. Times, Sunday Times
You may also find a liquid detergent better. Times, Sunday Times
With higher ocean temperature we often find more mackerel, bass and mullet willing to feed.
What I find highly ironic and, indeed, perturbing, is that U.S. trade laws have in their application proven much more effective in inhibiting legitimate, cross-border, long-standing supplier-customer transactions carried on within a Canada-U.S. free trade environment than they have in dealing with these "dump and jump" boatloads of predatory imports. Free Trade With the U.S.Only in a Dream World
Irish flat racing jockeys are finding it increasingly tough to make the weight.
Register a domain name if you want people to find your website.
But, since this enemy has an informal, catch-as-catch-can command structure, the military says it's finding that even the low-level operatives often have pieces of information that help complete the intelligence mosaic.
It's the equivalent of a course in arboriculture for the amateur gardener and landscape professional, including the history and culture of trees, suggesting the climates where you might find them growing. Books to inspire endeavors in landscape design, gardening
After posting a "sunny, bright, cozy loft" on the rental marketplace, the woman, who uses the pseudonym EJ, returned to find the apartment ransacked by a renter using the name "DJ Pattrson. ABC News: Top Stories
Once you find and touch the key, which sits directly under the statue of the Buddha, you will attain paradise.
Hannah lent me a sleeping bag since I didn't take one and I managed to find space in a room with a carpet to sleep.

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