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Sentence examples for were searched from inspiring English sources

"were searched" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
Example sentence: All the suspect's belongings were searched for any evidence.

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were searched

verb

To look in (a place) for something.

  • I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.

synonyms

look for
comb
scour
k
explore

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The prisoners were searched.

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Cornell University

None were searched.

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The New York Times

Online databases were searched.

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Psychiatry Research

Relevant databases were searched.

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Journal of Hospital Infection

Five databases were searched.

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Preventive Medicine Reports

Local dining forums were searched.

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The New Yorker

Vinyl booths were searched and scrubbed.

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The New Yorker

Homes were searched, and people were arrested.

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The New Yorker

The bodies were searched and photographed, too.

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The New York Times

Electronic databases and text were searched.

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Women and Birth

Databases were searched until 20 April 2011.

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International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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