self-sought
- a word derived from sought.
Example Sentences
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His ethic of aggressive vigilance seemed to be discredited, his self-sought image as Israel's superdefender was in shambles.
From Time Magazine Archive
I may perhaps be allowed to state," she remarked calmly, "that any office which I hold at present was not self-sought, but was given me as the result of the general vote.
From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by Campbell, John
"We shall not eat breakfast bacon for some time, for fear of getting a slice of the editor of the Saturday Review, in his self-sought appropriate metempsychosis."
From Modern Magic by Vere, Maximilian Schele de
I must on—on—like the insect lured by some fatal light, to a self-sought and certain destruction!”
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
Yes, were you dishonored and lost, to use your own words, my heart would only cling the more closely to you for your self-sought misery.
From Letters of Two Brides by Balzac, Honoré de
