Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soul search

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: soul search
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of soul-search.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

Alternative form of soul-search.

Example Sentences

"Maybe, after some soul search, he concluded that he had an "unalterably closed mind.""
"Because after a deep soul search, I realized how my life was run by many fears."
"Developing an impactful and lasting green management and employee plan requires nothing less than that the organization perform a complete soul search."
"Provide time for the soul search necessary for the influx of new ways of generating growth."
"Kindness and support may not show immediate results, but when that person begins to soul search, he or she will remember those kind words."
"When you download the document off the RetailerNOW website, we give you many questions to ask and soul search under each category below."

Usage

Inflected Forms

soul searches (plural) soul searches (present, singular) soul searching (participle, present) soul searched (participle, past) soul searched (past)

Questions

What does soul search mean?: Alternative form of soul-search.

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