How do you use the word "find" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "find": It's a word I'd like to find a substitute for. One can always find time.

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/ˈfaɪ̯nd/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo locate

verbTo locate, To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.

Sentence Examples

It's a word I'd like to find a substitute for.

One can always find time.

I feel hopeful that we'll find a suitable house very soon.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

happen bump chance

Antonyms:

lose

CEFR Practice Quiz

I always lose my car keys and cannot ____ them when I am in a hurry.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I hope you can ____ your keys soon otherwise, we might be late for the important theater opening.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English finden, from Old English findan, from Proto-West Germanic *finþan, from Proto-Germanic *finþaną, a secondary verb from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to go, pass; path bridge”). See also West Frisian fine, Low German finden, Dutch vinden, German finden, Danish finde, Norwegian Bokmål finne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish finna; also English path, Old Irish étain (“I find”), áitt (“place”), Latin pōns (“bridge”), Ancient Greek πόντος (póntos, “sea”), Old Armenian հուն (hun, “ford”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬧𐬙𐬃 (paṇtā̊), Sanskrit पथ (pathá, “path”), Proto-Slavic *pǫtь. For the meaning development compare Proto-Slavic *najьti > Russian найти́ (najtí), akin to Proto-Slavic *jьti > идти́ (idtí); Russian находи́ть (naxodítʹ), нахо́дка (naxódka), akin to ход (xod), ходи́ть (xodítʹ).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Searching the window for a flint, I found/This paper, thus sealed up." — 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

"Among the Woods and Forests thou art found." — a. 1667, Abraham Cowley, The Request:

"I had occasion to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return, much to my surprise, I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

"It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant." — 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

"Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too." — 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

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