soul search

plural soul searches

1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of soul-search.

   Because after a deep soul search, I realized how my life was run by many fears.

   2009, Bo Sanchez, Don't Worry, Be Happy

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   Maybe, after some soul search, he concluded that he had an "unalterably closed mind."

   1991, Charles H. Koch, Administrative Practice and Procedure: Cases and Materials, page 530

   Developing an impactful and lasting green management and employee plan requires nothing less than that the organization perform a complete soul search.

   2009, Ted Hart, Adrienne D. Capps, Matthew Bauer, Nonprofit Guide to Going Green

   Provide time for the soul search necessary for the influx of new ways of generating growth.

   2009, William F. Snyder, Messages for Today and Tomorrow, page 89

present singular third person soul searches · participle present soul searching · participle past soul searched · past soul searched

1. alternativeAlternative form of soul-search.

   When you download the document off the RetailerNOW website, we give you many questions to ask and soul search under each category below.

   2013, Bill Napier, Create and Define your Brand

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   Kindness and support may not show immediate results, but when that person begins to soul search, he or she will remember those kind words.

   2003, Sonja Lauren, The Covered Smile: A True Story, page 81

   To this day, when I look back on the beginning stages of heartbreak with Robert and how early in our courtship it was, I have to soul search to discover how I gave up on my dream of love so quickly.

   2014, Sarah Jakes, Lost and Found: Finding Hope in the Detours of Life