Word Finder - sought

definition

To try to find; to look for; to search for.

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I seek wisdom.

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To ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

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I seek forgiveness through prayer.

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To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

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I sought my fortune on the goldfields.

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To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

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To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

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When the alarm went off I sought the exit in a panic.

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To attempt, endeavour, try

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Our company does not seek to limit its employees from using the internet or engaging in social networking.

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To navigate through a stream.

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• scrub

She eagerly slid into his embrace and welcomed the warm lips that sought hers.

Starting to panic, Deidre sought some escape route.

He sought you out?

Her eyes sought out a familiar form and found him.

Some had escaped, though not with the treasure they sought to protect.

His eyes took in the different people as he sought out Hannah before realizing she had likely gone to the Caribbean with her sister.

He sought in himself either remorse for having angered his father or regret at leaving home for the first time in his life on bad terms with him, and was horrified to find neither.

Kiera sought an explanation, recalling he was not familiar with most slang despite his mastery of English.

She had no idea if Darkyn sought her out when she was upset because he thought she might be in danger or because he was concerned about her being with her ex.

Alex's mouth twisted into a wry smile and the dark eyes that sought hers held a trace of humor.

I know there was more to why she sought me out but I don't understand what.

Talal's gaze sought out Ne'Rin before she stepped out of the house.

His eyes sought out Lisa as he questioned the caller.

Pushing himself away from the book that would reveal nothing he sought, he went to the small, square window overlooking the stone structure of the Sanctuary.

After my teacher, Miss Sullivan, came to me, I sought an early opportunity to lock her in her room.

His team continued to clear the building and toss flares into corners as they sought out any living insurgents or incendiary devices.

Maybe he sought her out for some inexplicable reason.

Sometimes, the souls they sought were a few feet from the ones they claimed.

Even Sasha, who'd betrayed them all to serve the Dark One, still sought out his brother's counsel.

He didn't tear my head off when he sought me out the first time.

She wasn't sure what she sought; maybe something that convinced her it wasn't Logan she saw.

He sought a quiet refuge, and in Joseph Alexeevich's study he really found it.

The very question that had formerly tormented him, the thing he had continually sought to find--the aim of life--no longer existed for him now.

When the meal was over, I sought him out in the main room while the other crowded around the kitchen cleaning up.

Nerves made her movements clumsy while her mind sought some forgotten information about a threat great enough to rouse the Undersecretary and his staff in the middle of the night.

His gaze sought Carmen and the sides of his mouth turned up in a warm smile.

He left, though she sensed he sought her out for a reason and wasn't about to grow patience.

This abuse resulted in an overhaul of the system that sought to tie the poor to their original parish.

It all appeared innocent until her feet touched the ground, and then he pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her as his lips sought hers hungrily.

Martha too was exasperated as she sought the most responsive tip line.

The dead vamp's memories were fresh in her mind, and she sought the sights he'd passed.

Surprised, she sought some sign he was testing her or baiting her again.

Frustrated at not finding either of the men he sought, he created a portal to the Caribbean Sanctuary and emerged outside the walls.

Formerly he had sought Him in aims he set himself.

He felt that the condition he was in could not continue long, that a catastrophe was coming which would change his whole life, and he impatiently sought everywhere for signs of that approaching catastrophe.

Her mischievous blue eyes sought her father first and then her grandmother.

She sought a safer topic, one that wouldn't leave her ready to scream.

He made friends with and sought the acquaintance of only those above him in position and who could therefore be of use to him.

He now felt ashamed of his speech with its constitutional tendency and sought an opportunity of effacing it.

She hadn't sought him out, which made him think she was too afraid to talk to him.

Turning in a full circle, Gabe waited for a sign the deity still sought him.

Not exactly the answer I sought.

After serving for a short time in the artillery, he was appointed in 1797 professor of mathematics at Beauvais, and in 1800 he became professor of physics at the College de France, through the influence of Laplace, from whom he had sought and obtained the favour of reading the proof sheets of the Mecanique celeste.

I idealized them as the bravest and most generous men that ever sought a home in a strange land.

At that time, the Russians were so used to victories that on receiving news of the defeat some would simply not believe it, while others sought some extraordinary explanation of so strange an event.

The Russian army, they say, in its retreat from Smolensk sought out for itself the best position for a general engagement and found such a position at Borodino.

He had long sought in different ways that tranquillity of mind, that inner harmony which had so impressed him in the soldiers at the battle of Borodino.

Even now, as his eyes sought her forgiveness, his chin stayed up proudly.

Between Betsy's internet searching and Quinn's calculations the location we sought was found.

He'd claimed someone would try to kill her, and the man they sought was here.