Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To turn the pages of (a book) rapidly reading short sections at random.
Usage examples of "leaf through".
The course was chiefly in an upward direction, and this may be attributed to the elongation of the leaf through growth.
Kharl settled into the most comfortable chair in his sitting room and, once more, began to leaf through the black book that was far more worn than he would ever have believed possible when it had fallen into his hands less than a year before.
But before Garrett had a chance to leaf through the pages, he said, “.
The oldster sank to his haunches, placing the bundle on the ground to remove one tome and leaf through it, counting as he leafed back, stopping at last to cry in a reedy voice, Twenty years ago we were on the shores of the Glistening Sea nearby to Levilan.
Slumped on the bank, the thin fizz of the insects who hovered over the stream filling the air, Simon unwrapped the pages of Morgenes' life of Prester John and began to leaf through it.
He pushed the scraps of canvas toward her and she began to leaf through them.
Or I would leaf through old society magazines, remembering how I’.
He had many fond memories of Tiffany which he allowed himself to leaf through while he watched the intensely hot flames consume her.