sought
verb
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seek
verb (used with object), sought, seek·ing.
verb (used without object), sought, seek·ing.
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Contemporary Examples of sought
For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.
Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein.
Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen HawkingM.L. Nestel
January 8, 2015
Where the U.S. once sought to train several divisions worth, the latest effort is for just 3,000 troops.
Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’Nancy A. Youssef
January 6, 2015
On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”
Two and a half millennia ago, Siddhartha Gautama sought enlightenment.
Historical Examples of sought
I have sought for thee throughout the world, and at last I believed thee dead.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
Beyond it, I saw you standing with outstretched arms, as if you sought to come to me, but could not.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
I have sought thy daughter in marriage for Xerxes, prince of the empire.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
The true remedy is not to be sought in that direction in the one case any more than the other.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
He could not even tell her that it was at Hope's command he sought her.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson