Perused

"Sit down," he said, and perused -- "perused" is the word for it -- for some moments. ❋ Herbert George (1909)

Yesterday afternoon, Philbert wrote to Abdulah saying that he had carefully "perused" its request but had again denied it "in the interest of national security". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jili perused the furniture and framed pictures while Ben joined David Moran in admiring a high-def flat-screen TV the size of a stadium JumboTron. ❋ Scott Gummer (2011)

I have perused the attic, segmenting household items into groupings: take, sell, toss. ❋ Pamela Kripke (2011)

The older boys perused the magazines more seriously. ❋ Lisa Davis (2011)

"Here you have existing investors willing to sit down and discuss putting in capital themselves ... and the Bank of Ireland hasn't yet perused that option in any meaningful way," Mr. Lauria said. ❋ Matt Wirz (2011)

Zoe perused her, looking Cara up and down, as if she were a livestock buyer examining a prime steer at auction. ❋ Elizabeth Woods (2011)

I have perused many discussion boards this week concerning the sexual assault on CBS journalist Lara Logan in Cairo the night that Mubarak resigned. ❋ Reporters Uncensored (2011)

On a recent morning at Capella's largest hotel, the five-month-old Setai Fifth Avenue in New York, Guia Llamas perused a spreadsheet printout of the day's 40 arriving and 60 departing guests. ❋ Andrea Petersen (2011)

(It's worth noting that you must be a member of Facebook in order to use it, while individual Tumblr blogs can be perused by those who do not have accounts with the site.) ❋ Monica Hesse (2010)

“All right, Mister Scalin,” Sisko said as he perused the engineering report. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

He sat at the table, unfolded the paper, and perused the headlines. ❋ Shamara Ray (2011)

I just perused the menu and aside from a couple of Albanian-style desserts, there is nothing on here that is Eastern European! ❋ Unknown (2010)

Melissa Mathews, 13, perused the description of a house with a $1,163 monthly mortgage: a spacious two-bedroom, two-bath with a deck and a grill and a - ❋ Ylan Q. Mui (2010)