Sought means: simple past and past participle of seek. Related words include wanted. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Sought in practice.
Sought in a sentence
Sought meaning
simple past and past participle of seek
Synonyms of Sought
Example sentences (20)
Abi went completely "cold turkey" for 18 months without any professional help and then sought professional help.
A friend of many years sought my help in 2019 for what seemed, judging by the symptoms, to be uncomplicated heartburn.
As a coach chasing his first championship, Mazzulla sought advice from Cora, who’s won titles as a player and manager.
After similar events occurred several more times, he sought medical evaluation and was eventually diagnosed with epilepsy.
As Bryce Young prepares for the 2023 NFL Draft, he’s sought advice from his Alabama predecessor: Mac Jones.
As the trial approached, lawyers sought to find out more about Murdaugh’s finances to know if he could pay possible damages.
At the least, he sought to moderate the intensity of the views of Catholics and Protestants that gave rise to the bloodshed.
At the time, church leaders said Gutgsell learned his lesson, admitted wrongdoing, and sought forgiveness.
After our managing trauma workshop, he sought medical help and learned he was suffering from psychogenic nonepileptic seizures.
A suspect who was being sought in connection with an arson investigation in Hamilton is shown in these surveillance camera images.
After committing the act, Branker made good his escape, and the victim sought help from neighbours.
At this point, he sought to amend the records held for Patient A and deleted logs of a telephone consultation held between the two.
Afghan journalist, who sought refuge in Pakistan fearing Taliban, now selling kidney to alleviate.
At a court hearing on Thursday, prosecutors confirmed that a second re-trial was not being sought.
A lawsuit brought by a group of Republican-led states sought to keep the Title 42 rules in place.
Al Hilal also sought to sign Lionel Messi, with the Argentine great ultimately deciding to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami.
A one-bedroom first floor flat in a ‘sought-after’ location is also one of the cheapest properties listed in Warrington on RightMove.
As a result, prosecutors sought and obtained a search warrant for Mar-a-Lago on August 5, 2022.
A source said, тАЬPriyank Kharge sought the IT/BT portfolio since he had handled it previously.
Afterwards, she is said to have sought to manipulate the situation and portray herself as the victim of Mr Fitzgerald’s sexual violence.
Common combinations with sought
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sought to 78×
- has sought 15×
- he sought 12×
- had sought 12×
- sought the 11×
- have sought 10×
- and sought 10×
- sought by 8×
- being sought 8×
- that sought 7×
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The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word sought. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.