Cast About (Verb)
Meaning
Search anxiously.
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- She frantically cast about for a spare key, realizing she had locked herself out of the house.
- The police cast about for any clues that might lead them to the missing person.
- As the storm drew in, the anxious sailors cast about for a safe place to dock.
- After losing her phone in the crowd, she began to cast about for a way to contact her family.
- The hikers cast about for a clear path, but the dense forest seemed to stretch on forever.