All 5 Uses of
peruse
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- He pretended to be perusing a page of Asiatic Anti-Venoms, because he did not want to say what was in his mind.†
Chpt 16
- They were in what seemed to be a crowded reception area where rows of witches and wizards sat upon rickety wooden chairs, some looking perfectly normal and perusing out-of-date copies of Witch Weekly, others sporting gruesome disfigurements such as elephant trunks or extra hands sticking out of their chests.†
Chpt 22
- Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by any invader.†
Chpt 24
- The pages carrying Harrys interview had been bewitched to resemble extracts from textbooks if anyone but themselves read it, or else wiped magically blank until they wanted to peruse it again.†
Chpt 26
- He and the other fifth-years spent a considerable part of the final weekend of the Easter break reading all the careers information that had been left there for their perusal.
Chpt 29 *perusal = the act of reading or examining
Definition:
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(peruse) to read or examine