Example sentences for: poring

How can you use “poring” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This Sunday, as I was poring over my outspread paper, an older woman came over to me and said, "Would you mind if three of us joined you at this table?"

  • She might quite reasonably prefer spending a few hours a week tutoring a high-school kid, to spending them poring over spreadsheets in her office.

  • There are very good reasons for this: Scheck was probably the smartest of the defense lawyers, and he was certainly the hardest-working; he spent weeks poring over complex evidence that other defense lawyers didn't bother with.

  • For the past two months, she's been poring over one or the other of our nine books on how to get along with the French, from which she passes on to me the occasional tip.

  • "After poring over dozens of colors and styles," Tilton reports, "the fussy fellas finally agreed on over $8,000 worth of luxury linens and a dreamy down-filled comforter and duvet cover for Leo's master bedroom."


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