Sentence examples for combing for from inspiring English sources
The phrase 'combing for' is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when you are looking for something specific through a thorough search. For example: I combed for a solution to the problem for hours, but couldn't find one.
And now, combing for music to keep me going, this sniffy critic includes songs she would never otherwise listen to.
OJ Mayo scored 26 points and Chris Kaman added 20, combing for 17 of Dallas' last 19 points.
And there are credible reports that the snipers who killed more than 70 on Thursday were based in the government buildings that are already being occupied by protesters combing for evidence.
For example, dozens of city detectives are assigned to the Fresh Kills landfill in Staten Island, combing for evidence through the rubble that is brought there from ground zero.
Combing for salvage in the dense fur of a sated, sleeping Mord, Rachel scoops up something "dark purple and about the size of my fist," resembling "a hybrid of a sea anemone and a squid".
Federal troops were also combing for remaining rebels today in the ruins of Grozny, where about 80percentt of the buildings are destroyed or damaged after months of bombing, shelling and house-to-house fighting.
A playing field on Pier 40 in Manhattan was similarly combed for detritus.
Yet the movie that results should not be combed for historical truth.
— Every room in the house has been combed for clues, except, for obvious reasons, the corpse pit.
"It may be combed for hairs" evokes one's pate, but here Mr. Madison is thinking of a CRIME SCENE.
He said it was probable that reams of wiretaps of the Nation of Islam had never been combed for clues.
