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

Paul pored over every issue that ended up in his mailbox in Stromness. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

Visitors pore over maps of national parks and game reserves, hoping to tick off each species before flying home. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

To decide what to fund, staffers with deep expertise typically pored over reams of information on abuses under the most repressive regimes and held an open competition to fund groups to work in those countries. — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

In lieu of new material or commercialization of his properties, we are left to sit with and pore over the works Salinger left behind for us again and again. — Adam Messinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Rhymes for pore over

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