|
|
Definition of Looking for
1. Noun. The act of searching visually.
Definition of Looking for
1. Verb. (present participle of look for) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Looking For
Literary usage of Looking for
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"I cannot describe what a load of anxiety was looking for MISCHIEF. lifted from
my mind when I found that he was only asleep. I woke him up and started him ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1876)
"AD bound in full gilt, with chromo in front cover, and we can confidently say to
parents and friends looking for presents for younger children, ..."
3. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (1901)
"HOW D'ARTAGNAN, looking for ARAMIS FAR AWAY, FOUND HIM ON THE CRUPPER, BEHIND
PLANCHET. ON his return, D'Artagnan saw a man seated at the corner of the fire ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"And it stands to reason that the blessing, promised to this continuous looking
for God's glory, should consist of the supernatural "seeing" of God Himself, ..."
5. Pennsylvania Archives by Samuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, George Edward Reed, Pennsylvania State Library, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban (1877)
"... Skipper in looking for new countries, havens, bays, rivers, &c. Requesting the
privilege to trade exclusively to the aforesaid countries for the term of ..."
Other Resources:
