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Scoured meaning

simple past and past participle of scour

Synonyms of Scoured

Using Scoured

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of scour
  • Useful related words include: eroded, worn.
  • In the example corpus, scoured often appears in combinations such as: scoured the, have scoured, ve scoured.

Context around Scoured

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 11 start, 8 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Scoured

  • In this selection, "scoured" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, police, teams, enforcement, raymond, thousands and lowe stand out and add context to how "scoured" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include article we scoured lowe s and as investors scoured for clues. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "scoured" sits close to words such as aficionados, aiadmk and airships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with scoured

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

We scoured over 1,000 items and rounded up the very best. (12 words)

As the police scoured the yard for the missing cow, they noticed burnt branches and leaves. (16 words)

In the days that followed, police scoured the area with dogs, a specialist search team and forensics. (17 words)

In just over a week since Ana Walshe was reported missing, state and local investigators have scoured the town, sifted through heaps of trash and sent several pieces of potential evidence for testing as they try to piece together the facts of the case. (44 words)

At the front of the crowd was Ashley Lim, 27, who got to go up on stage at Friday’s show and belt the song “Know Your Enemy” into a microphone with Armstrong, who’d scoured the crowd for somebody who knew the lyrics. (44 words)

A paramedic told me that the winds scoured the store from the ground and even tore the ceramic tile from the concrete floor in places (it was likely 'chipped' off with wind-propelled debris… not sucked off). (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

A number of police officers and forensic teams scoured the fields this morning as part of a huge investigative operation into the events described as a "large-scale disturbance" at yesterday's Kabaddi event near Alvaston.

As the police scoured the yard for the missing cow, they noticed burnt branches and leaves.

Count Dracula has scoured the earth for eons, sucking the blood of innocent victims left and right—yet somehow, McKay provides a fresh take on the blueprint for so much vampire media.

Detectives and forensic officers remained at the cordoned off shopping centre entrance on Thursday as they scoured the car park and surrounding streets for evidence as the manhunt continued for two more alleged offenders.

Fans have scoured her photos lately for signs that she is hiding a baby bump and are not shy about speaking up on social media when they think that’s happening.

Few of the dead have been publicly identified and crews have scoured the destruction to locate the missing.

In just over a week since Ana Walshe was reported missing, state and local investigators have scoured the town, sifted through heaps of trash and sent several pieces of potential evidence for testing as they try to piece together the facts of the case.

In the days that followed, police scoured the area with dogs, a specialist search team and forensics.

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Lisbon police chief Ryan McGee said law enforcement scoured the Maine Recycling property, where Card once worked, and cleared it on Thursday, but did not check another part of the company’s land nearby.

Since 1978, Miller’s scoured the world for print and out-of-print titles in design, architecture, and graphics.

Though Amazon doesn’t specifically say, it seems that the retailer likely scoured its own listing data to train its machine learning models.

U.S. officials scoured Raymond’s electronic devices and began identifying the victims, all of whom described experiencing some form of memory loss during their time with him.

We scoured over 1,000 items and rounded up the very best.

We’ve scoured thousands of products, comparing the best qualities that keep you safe, healthy, and satisfied with your purchase.

A paramedic told me that the winds scoured the store from the ground and even tore the ceramic tile from the concrete floor in places (it was likely 'chipped' off with wind-propelled debris… not sucked off).

At the front of the crowd was Ashley Lim, 27, who got to go up on stage at Friday’s show and belt the song “Know Your Enemy” into a microphone with Armstrong, who’d scoured the crowd for somebody who knew the lyrics.

Before we'd even arrived, we'd sufficiently scoured the menu for a few ideas of what we might have- it's safe to say this made us even more ravenous.

Comments from a number of policymakers were the main focus on the day as investors scoured for clues on why the central bank kicked off its easing cycle with an outsized 50 basis points cut.

For this article, we scoured Lowe's website and compared hundreds of lawn mowers against each other.

In order to find the best options for you, we have scoured the web for write-ups and left no treadmill review unread.

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Common combinations with scoured

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "scoured" in a sentence?
An example: "A number of police officers and forensic teams scoured the fields this morning as part of a huge investigative operation into the events described as a "large-scale disturbance" at yesterday's Kabaddi event near Alvaston." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "scoured" from authentic English texts.
What does "scoured" mean?
Scoured means: simple past and past participle of scour
What are synonyms of "scoured"?
Common synonyms of "scoured" include: eroded, worn.
How many example sentences with "scoured" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "scoured", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.