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Scour is an English word with synonyms like rub or rinse. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Scour in a sentence

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Scour | Scourge | Scouring | Scoured | Scourges | Scours | Scourged | Scourging | Scourby

Scour meaning

  1. To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
  2. To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water.
  3. To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.

Synonyms of Scour

rub rinse purge flush abrade scrub look for seek search spot place topographic point rinse off

Related words

Other words often associated with Scour or its synonyms:

wash point launder move cleansing cleaning look cleanup moneyed efflorescence wait put

Using Scour

  • The main meaning on this page is: To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent. | To remove debris and dirt (from something) by purging; to sweep along or off by a current of water. | To clear the digestive tract (of an animal) by administering medication that induces defecation or vomiting; to purge.
  • Useful related words include: rub, rinse, purge, flush.
  • In the example corpus, scour often appears in combinations such as: scour the, to scour, and scour.

Context around Scour

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 13 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

officers 1× course 1× enthusiasts 1×

Often after:

put 1× recovered 1× jobs 1×

Sentence patterns with Scour

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

as they scour the streets 1× building and scour the skyline 1× continued to scour a tight 1× during a scour recovered more 1× fed will scour jobs report 1× have to scour the land 1× helicopter to scour the vast 1× marketers would scour the web 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a row of 1× does this genius 1× fed will scour 1× hazmat suit clad 1× i was lucky 1× jonathan later paid 1×

Common sentence endings:

an indian mountaineer 1× and low competition 1× are also searched 1× best possible job 1× came to earth 1× clues on timing 1×

Words around Scour

Just before it in the word index:

scoundrels 13 scoundrel 32 scotwind 3 scotus 73 scotty 116 scottsville 4

Just after it in the word index:

scourby 3 scoured 87 scourer 2 scourge 234 scourged 5 scourges 14

Similar in corpus frequency:

abidjan 91 acb 91 accesses 91 acrimonious 91 adjourn 91 aeroplane 91

Corpus analysis for Scour

  • In this selection, "scour" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, officers, course, enthusiasts, put, recovered and jobs stand out and add context to how "scour" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include as they scour the streets and building and scour the skyline. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "scour" sits close to words such as abidjan, acb and accesses, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with scour

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Fed Will Scour Jobs Report for Signs of Weaknessnytimes. (9 words)

Marketers would scour the web, hunting for keywords promising high search volumes and low competition. (15 words)

Some carry unmanned remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that will be needed to scour the sea floor. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

I was not told that, but of course the source materials are out there and whenever you get an audition for anything, you try to scour for information and clues to load your audition so you do the best possible job. (41 words)

Now, these waterbed enthusiasts scour the internet for replacement mattresses, heaters and water treatment systems, determined to resist sleeping on standard mattresses — what they call “dead beds” — for as long as they can. (33 words)

Optimism is sweeping through domestic bond markets as investors wager that the Fed will soon start lowering rates, with Wall Street set to scour this week’s meeting for clues on timing. (32 words)

Question examples

Does this genius think that firemen stand on the roof of their building and scour the skyline looking for fires on the horizon? (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

A row of officers scour the grass and shrubs for evidence as bins, hedgerows and under cars are also searched.

Does this genius think that firemen stand on the roof of their building and scour the skyline looking for fires on the horizon?

Link will have to scour the land of Hyrule to come up with all the seeds he'll need to upgrade his inventory fully.

Marketers would scour the web, hunting for keywords promising high search volumes and low competition.

My ex-colleague used to scour the newspapers daily to find a tragedy or misfortune to fret over.

Now indentured to Galactus, the Surfer would scour the cosmos for planets for his master to devour - until he came to Earth.

Presidents’ Day — a day when we catch up on some sleep, and, of course, scour the internet for a good sale (or two).

Responding to Trump’s lies about illegal voting, conservative activists are mobilizing to scour the voting process for evidence of irregularities.

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Scour put the Simpson Avenue Bridge in Hoquiam out of commission in 2010 after deterioration on its timber pilings went unnoticed for years.

Some carry unmanned remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) that will be needed to scour the sea floor.

The Employment Index edged down 0.6 points to 56.3 as employers continued to scour a tight labor market for qualified workers.

Trials have also confirmed that calves offered Bio-Mos during a scour recovered more quickly than comparable animals who were not fed Bio-Mos.

But when the pangs of hunger lay siege it's time to scour the town for a place to eat.

Fed Will Scour Jobs Report for Signs of Weaknessnytimes.

Hazmat suit clad cops have "raided a home" as they scour the streets for suspected chemical attack fugitive Abdul Ezedi.

I was lucky enough to get one, thanks to my grandad, who kindly volunteered to scour our local shops in the middle of the day.

I was not told that, but of course the source materials are out there and whenever you get an audition for anything, you try to scour for information and clues to load your audition so you do the best possible job.

Jonathan later paid for a helicopter to scour the vast mountain terrain accompanied by an Indian mountaineer.

Now, these waterbed enthusiasts scour the internet for replacement mattresses, heaters and water treatment systems, determined to resist sleeping on standard mattresses — what they call “dead beds” — for as long as they can.

Optimism is sweeping through domestic bond markets as investors wager that the Fed will soon start lowering rates, with Wall Street set to scour this week’s meeting for clues on timing.

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Common combinations with scour

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "scour" in a sentence?
An example: "A row of officers scour the grass and shrubs for evidence as bins, hedgerows and under cars are also searched." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "scour" from authentic English texts.
What does "scour" mean?
Scour means: To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
What are synonyms of "scour"?
Common synonyms of "scour" include: rub, rinse, purge, flush, abrade, scrub, look for, seek. Plus 5 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "scour" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "scour", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.