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sought

[ sawt ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of seek.


sought

/ ɔː /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of seek
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • -dzܲ adjective
  • ܲ·dzܲ adjective
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According to the program notes that accompanied the film’s Whitney premiere, Burnett sought to “try to recreate a situation without reducing life to a simple plot.”

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Born adrenaline averse, I have never sought being in the thick of crowds.

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District Judge William Orrick issued the injunction sought by San Francisco and more than a dozen other municipalities that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.

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"Near that Queen of Peace, to whom I have always turned for help and whose embrace I have sought more than a hundred times during my pontificate," he explained in his will.

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At least 29 candidates sought to fill the vacant seat.

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