Though he has made soundings, he appears ambivalent.

No one ever thought to make soundings in the Rift before, since no dross ships ever come this way.

We want you to make soundings for us.

We made soundings from the air for caves, and we searched in out-of-way places.

I hadAurora's crew make soundings there when we left.

He was the first to make archeological soundings at Emmaus-Nicopolis.

He made routine soundings as he went, and discovered a mysterious wreck not far from the sub.

The newspaper also said in its sports agenda column that Google is expected to make "similar soundings."

"No telling what the 'bottom's' like here," I said, listen- ing to the man in the bow with the lead line making soundings.

The mariner "can wait for a local pilot or send boats ahead to make soundings".