scouring

How To Use scouring In A Sentence

• They also deprive Australian livestock of food by scouring the cultivated rangelands, which also facilitates erosion.
• Hurling supporters in neighbouring parishes are scouring local GAA officials in the hope of getting a ticket to the September 12 Final.
• The Government began scouring the country for land that could be turned over to growing crops. The Sun
• So while artists in 1860s Paris were discovering the beauty of Japanese "floating world" — or ukiyo-e — woodblock prints, many Japanese artists were heading to Yokohama, scouring European publications and creating their own genre of exotica: the Yokohama-e. How Japan Saw Us
• Luckily, Mary finds an unlikely champion in prickly Elizabeth Philpot, a recent exile from London, who also loves scouring the beaches. WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR JANUARY 3RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
• The Atlanta Games will boast an "official" scouring pad and timepiece, two official game shows, and three official vehicles: a family car, an import minivan and a luxury sedan.
• I got out of the car and crunched across the snow, each breath of cold air scouring my lungs like steel wool.
• By the time I finish my lunch, including that slice of cake I wasn't going to have, the two waiters under the table laden with the tempting mounds of sweets have finished scouring the baseboards.
• Fund managers are constantly scouring the UK for companies with steadily rising earnings-per-share and smaller companies with access to ground-breaking new technologies.
• Plumes of spindrift were scouring the top, leaving nothing but a swooping white cleaver of ice.