Example sentences of "to find the right word " in BNC.
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| 1 | Automatically — the writer 's habit — I was trying to find the right word to describe the scene . |
| 2 | Marie concentrated hard , trying to find the right words to give some shape and order to the confusion in her head . |
| 3 | Simon , Marie knew , would be able to find the right words to persuade Bella . |
| 4 | William Troy in the Nation was similarly unable to find the right words to explain the greatness of It Happened One Night and he suggested that ‘ a good photoplay , like a good book or a good piece of music , remains always something of a miracle ’ and that ‘ beyond a certain point the mind is forced to bow down before its own inability to unravel and put together again all the parts of the shining and imponderable whole with which it is dealing ’ . |
| 5 | Bobbie goes into the house , trying to find the right words to tell Mother that Father has come home . |
| 6 | Unable to find the right words , Gina moved her hand impulsively across the table and touched his fingers with her own , unconsciously reciprocating the gesture he had made to her earlier . |
| 7 | She tried to find the right words to explain but discovered only a great disconnection between her brain and her voice , which ensured her silence . |
| 8 | Caught off balance , Kate tried to keep her teetering emotions on an even keel as she strove to find the right words to explain what had happened in Jason 's office . |
| 9 | She was just trying to find the right words to explain why she thought Mrs Richards would enjoy meeting Abuelo Freitas 's granddaughter , when Consuelo arrived to take over the evening shift , and the conversation switched to other matters . |
| 10 | Her Spanish was fluent now , and she was able to find the right words . |