All 7 Uses
peruse
in
The Hound of Rowan
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- He perused the Tribune and sipped at a mug of coffee.†
Chpt 3perused = read or examined
- He sipped from a bottle of water as he perused a clipboard, not bothering to look up as they entered.†
Chpt 8
- They spent the next two hours exploring the village green, climbing a bronze statue of a man on horseback and perusing the names on the granite headstones in a small cemetery.†
Chpt 9perusing = reading or examining
- "Wow," said Max, perusing the much shorter list and widening his eyes as he came to the last name.†
Chpt 10
- Several thousand spectators clapped and chattered with one another as they perused little programs and matched names and numbers to faces.†
Chpt 11perused = read or examined
- ...and perusing the newspaper.
Chpt 12 *perusing = reading or examining
- Max sat down to take a breather, perusing some of the spines before him: Great Works of the Nineteenth Century, Art of the Baroque, Secret Techniques of the Old Masters, Dada and Surrealism, The Genius of Rembrandt, Hidden Symbols of Bernini, A Renaissance of Art and Man, Dutch Masters of the Seventeenth Century, The Postmodern Dilemma ..."David," Max hissed, overwhelmed by the thick books and unfamiliar names.†
Chpt 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(peruse) to read or examine
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)