finds
plural of “find” — a productive insight
An inflected form of find · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,731 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,078 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a productive insight also: discovery, breakthrough
- the act of discovering something also: discovery, uncovering
finds in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The Glass Cat Finds the Black Bag 17.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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The seventh day finds us again in Olympus.
The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1
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Wherever the belief in a man's guilt is but slight, his defender finds willing listeners.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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But the cashier of the Credit Mutual was not one of those men whose wrath finds vent in mere sarcasms.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Instead, he goes to that friend, finds out what the trouble is, explains it all away, and then does something nice.
The Adventures of Prickly Porky · Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess · Chapter 1