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How to use finding in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Finding means a result of research or an investigation. Example: “The Second World War is said to have been a great accelerator for many scientific findings.”

Examples of finding by meaning

nounA result of research or an investigation.

  • The researchers presented their findings in a new study published Aug. 12 in the journal Nature.2026 August 12, Jim Shelton, “A dying star offers a rare glimpse of how the universe recycles its raw materials”, in YaleNews, archived...

More sentences with finding

  • The Second World War is said to have been a great accelerator for many scientific findings.From the entry accelerator
  • We published our findings following a thorough review of others' earlier reports.From the entry following
  • Sarah dumped Nelson after finding out he was cheating on her.From the entry dump
  • Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.From the entry view
  • The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.From the entry clique
  • Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.From the entry optimal
  • His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing.From the entry drubbing
  • The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.From the entry suppress
  • Finding the dry cave was a boon to the weary travellers.From the entry boon
  • Finding this house should be no problem if we use a good map.From the entry no problem
  • Research is progressing well on finding native plants with anthelmintic properties.From the entry anthelmintic
  • The police rearrested the suspect after finding new evidence linking him to the crime.From the entry rearrest
  • We read the contract with an eye to finding a way out of it.From the entry with an eye to
  • We read the contract with a view to finding a way out of it.From the entry with a view to
  • After finding out her horrible secret, the son froze his mother out of his life.From the entry freeze out
  • After finding out he'd been cheating, I had to finish with him.From the entry finish with
  • There aren't many interactable objects in the game, so you shouldn't have any trouble finding the key.From the entry interactable
  • LRT: This is the art I was talking about earlier but was having trouble finding.From the entry LRT
  • I was finding college too hard, so I dropped science and switched to an easier course.From the entry drop science
  • I hope to see the day that finding virus vaccines is routine and quick.From the entry see the day
  • He kept finding faults with my work.From the entry find
  • We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.From the entry descent
  • They doubled back in hopes of finding the road again.From the entry double back
  • The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoiter.From the entry reconnoiter
  • The Internet continues to go from strength to strength as it matures, finding new ways to better itself.From the entry go from strength to strength
  • The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.From the entry reconnoitre
  • The doctor had trouble finding Mrs Wagner's patient record, since it had been misfiled under the letter V.From the entry misfile
  • After finding out she had terminal cancer, she tried to block out any thoughts of her own mortality.From the entry block out
  • Several people sued the state after finding out that they'd been removed from the voter rolls for having died, despite their not actually being dead.From the entry roll
  • The Supreme Court confiscated half of Thaksin Shinawatra's fortune after finding that, while being Prime Minister, he held shares in commercial companies through nominees.From the entry nominee
  • I spent five hours finding a suitable present for my sister, but then I lost it and had to look all over again.From the entry all over again
  • Our team might be on the chopping block — the company seems to be finding excuses to avoid funding these operating expenses.From the entry chopping block
  • Topics studied in computational number theory include algorithms for primality testing and integer factorisation, finding solutions to Diophantine equations and explicit methods in arithmetic geometry.From the entry computational number theory
  • She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.From the entry backslider
  • It should pin its hopes on finding a partner, or even a buyer.2026 March 14, “Pinterest might want to put a potential sale on its mood board”, in FT Weekend (Lex section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry pin one's hopes on
  • The Zurich group has shared a preliminary writeup of its findings.2025 April 28, Kate Travis, “Experiment using AI-generated posts on Reddit draws fire for ethics concerns”, in Retraction Watch, archived…. From the entry Zurich
  • For the U.S. and its allies, finding new ways to navigate is crucial.2025 November 19, Mike Cherney, “The Pentagon Can’t Trust GPS Anymore. Is Quantum Physics the Answer? New devices navigate without…. From the entry military
  • Karoline Leavitt, a White House spokeswoman, said its findings were “flat-out wrong.”2025 June 24, Julian E. Barnes, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Ronen Bergman, Maggie Haberman, “Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by…. From the entry flat out
  • So we’re no nearer to finding a culprit?” is what keeps the schtick from ever growing stale.2025 January 3, Christina Izzo, “Cunk On Life is brilliantly funny (and depressingly timely)”, in AV Club. From the entry line of questioning

Meaning of finding

  1. noun A result of research or an investigation.
  2. noun A formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
  3. noun That which is found, a find, a discovery.

Full definition of finding

Questions about finding in a sentence

How do you use finding in a sentence?
Finding is used as a noun. For example: “The Second World War is said to have been a great accelerator for many scientific findings.”
What is a short sentence with finding?
“He kept finding faults with my work.”
What does finding mean?
Finding means a result of research or an investigation.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: finding (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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