Sentence examples for having scoured from inspiring English sources

"We have really tried to be a festival for our community," said Mr. Inkles, having scoured other festivals for contacts and tips while putting out a call for entries in trade magazines.

Having scoured the works and confessions of writers from George Eliot to Walter Pater, Charles Dickens to Oscar Wilde, Macfarlane concludes that 'originality and newness' were 'unobtainable aspirations' to many Victorians and that 'borrowedness, textual messiness and overlap' became 'distinguished features of a literary work'.

The findings demonstrated the intrusion of sand spit into river mouths due to the tsunami having scoured river mouth deeper than the depth of closure.

"The site we've located has been carefully selected, having scoured the U.S. extensively," he said.

She held out a pair of glossy teal heels with a sharp toe, having scoured the shelves and storeroom for any shoe that might fit me, period.

By the end I'm a virtual Akron/Family aficionado, having scoured the web and sucking up any juice I can find like a very thirsty sponge.

He had scoured Craigslist for suitable candidates.

Death had scoured it of the extraneous.

The usual urban ills have scoured the landscape.

Thieves had scoured their broken house, taking clothes and shoes.

They have scoured the region for affordable alternatives.