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Sought   /sɔt/   Listen
Sought

adjective
1.
That is looked for.
2.
Being searched for.  Synonym: sought-after.



Seek

verb
(past & past part. sought; pres. part. seeking)
1.
Try to get or reach.  "Seek an education" , "Seek happiness"
2.
Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.  Synonyms: look for, search.  "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
3.
Make an effort or attempt.  Synonyms: assay, attempt, essay, try.  "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps" , "The police attempted to stop the thief" , "He sought to improve himself" , "She always seeks to do good in the world"
4.
Go to or towards.
5.
Inquire for.



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"Sought" Quotes from Famous Books



... "I had long sought for a representation of Sickingen, and at length found a medal represented in the Sylloge ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850 • Various

... this all," he continued. "Listen. As I have often told you, I was sure that my wife became a mother in my absence. I sought the child for years, hoping that through the offspring I might discover the father. Ah, well! I've found what I sought, at last. The child is now a beautiful young girl. She lives at the Hotel de Chalusse as your brother's daughter. She is known ...
— Baron Trigault's Vengeance - Volume 2 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau

... hundred rests (2) away, or more. The people hight Nibelungs, where he owned the mighty hoard. The hero rowed alone to a broad isle, where the lusty knight now beached the boat and made it fast full soon. To a hill he hied him, upon which stood a castle, and sought here lodgment, as way-worn travelers do. He came first to a gateway that stood fast locked. In sooth they guarded well their honor, as men still do. The stranger now gan knock upon the door, the which was closely ...
— The Nibelungenlied • Unknown

... body was stiff and sore; the road I followed wound upward, climbing steadily to higher altitude. Frequently I halted to rest, and spent my time of respite searching the mountains with eager, appraising eyes, planning explorations among them. Toward noon I came to the ranch I sought, located nine miles from the nearest neighbor, at nine thousand feet altitude, and surrounded by rugged mountains. Above it rose Long's Peak, up and up into the clouds, to more than fourteen thousand feet. The rancher was the Reverend E. J. Lamb, one of the early settlers of Estes ...
— A Mountain Boyhood • Joe Mills

... twenty: "My lord, I like your son: this boy must not be shot at for three-and-sixpence a day." He paid his first visit to London in 1760; and, having heard a good deal about Johnson from one Mr. Gentleman, and from Derrick, a very minor poet, he at once sought an introduction, but had to leave London without succeeding in his object. He was equally unsuccessful when he was in London the next year, during which he published some anonymous poems which would not have helped him to secure the desired introduction. The great event ...
— Dr. Johnson and His Circle • John Bailey


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