pore over

verb

pored over; poring over; pores over

: to read or study (something) very carefully

He pored over the map for hours.

Examples of pore over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Online, his videos look chaotic, but behind the scenes, the project’s ringleader spends his free time poring over satellite maps, visiting potential chase sites and crafting the necessary recording angles. —Audrey Pachuta, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026

Etta pored over every detail, restructuring a sentence of mine or rearranging photos with Andrew, while staying upbeat and making jokes, sometimes about this or that runway look, and often, about my lack of speed. —Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 11 June 2026

During a series of hearings, witnesses called as development experts pored over maps of the campus to identify several parcels to spread the housing into separate villages. —Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

But here, poring over documents in this small cinderblock office, there’s only Flores. —Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026

Rhymes for pore over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover