He or she engaged in the action of searching the body.

Two example of linking verb. Linking verb do not express action. See more linking verb examples to fully understand the concept. These verbs can also be called copular verbs or copulas For example in the sentence War remains the decisive human failure The Economics of Innocent Fraud by John Kenneth Galbraith remains is used as a linking verb.

Examples include become seem and any form of the verb to be like am is are was were and has been. Feel taste smell look grow. Here the action verb felt tells us what the detective did.

You looked pale yesterday but you are glowing today. The detective felt the victims body for the missing gun. Examples of Linking Verbs.

1 If the verb is a form of be be being been am is are was were you have a linking verb. Other verbs can be linking verbs or action verbs. Action verbs are different from linking verbs which we can think of as states of being verbs.

Alberto was a great philosopher. The true linking verb seems connects the subject Jennifer to additional information the fact that shes upset. Are am is were was etc.

She got her looks from her father. All forms of be verbs are linking verbs. Feel look smell sound and taste.