Explored
[ɪk'splor]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Explore
Checked by Lanny
Examples
- I had had this explored before, as well as the east bank below to ascertain if there was a possible point of debarkation north of Rodney. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We explored to King's-Weston twice last summer, in that way, most delightfully, just after their first having the barouche-landau. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Only a small portion of the world has been geologically explored. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Of all the branches of experimental philosophy, electricity had been least explored. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The blacks in charge of the work explored them, taking several of us along to do whatever work there might be occasion for. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Admiral Porter explored this waterway as far as Deer Creek on the 14th of March, and reported it navigable. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But he explored into it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When I left that place, I went down Cape Town way, and explored the southern wilds of Africa, which were even more savage than they are now. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Chesterton, Histon, Waterbeach, and Oakington have each been explored, and have each proved disappointing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Evidently it was not in its accustomed place, for she explored ever nearer and nearer the wall where Tarzan stood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- He was looking for me, but had not yet explored the corner where the schoolmaster had just put me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Returning, I had to cross before the looking- glass; my fascinated glance involuntarily explored the depth it revealed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Its earliest modes of manufacture were doubtless still followed when Dr Livingstone explored the interior, as they now also are. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They explored the great slopes, to find another slide. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Struck with these things, I explored further. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checked by Lanny