SEEK in a Sentence
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337 example sentences for SEEK, such as:
1. He wished me to seek amusement in society.
2. Yet I seek not a fellow feeling in my misery.
3. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
4. We seek to improve relations between our two countries.
5. If the eyes are affected, seek immediate medical attention.
2. Yet I seek not a fellow feeling in my misery.
3. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
4. We seek to improve relations between our two countries.
5. If the eyes are affected, seek immediate medical attention.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SEEK
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seek
v. go to or towards
v. inquire for
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.
2 He lost no time in endeavouring to seek him out, with the hope of persuading him to begin the world again through his credit and assistance.
3 At length lassitude succeeded to the tumult I had before endured, and I threw myself on the bed in my clothes, endeavouring to seek a few moments of forgetfulness.
4 Still I would penetrate their misty veil and seek them in their cloudy retreats.
5 When I found this, I resolved to quit the place that I had hitherto inhabited, to seek for one where the few wants I experienced would be more easily satisfied.
6 But I did not believe my errors to be irretrievable, and after much consideration I resolved to return to the cottage, seek the old man, and by my representations win him to my party.
7 I was overcome by gloom and misery and often reflected I had better seek death than desire to remain in a world which to me was replete with wretchedness.
8 You travelled to seek happiness, but a fatality seems to pursue you.
9 He wished me to seek amusement in society.
10 In this state I was carried back and placed on a bed, hardly conscious of what had happened; my eyes wandered round the room as if to seek something that I had lost.
11 Follow me; I seek the everlasting ices of the north, where you will feel the misery of cold and frost, to which I am impassive.
12 The peasants were shut up in their hovels, and only a few of the most hardy ventured forth to seize the animals whom starvation had forced from their hiding-places to seek for prey.
13 Yet I seek not a fellow feeling in my misery.
14 Therefore, as a man who has not thought and philosophised in vain, I seek no vengeance, plot no evil against thee.
15 I shall seek this man, as I have sought truth in books: as I have sought gold in alchemy.
Example Sentence: (127 in 9 pages)
1 You will need to seek professional advice about your claim for compensation.
2 It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty, or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.
3 Those who foolishly seek power by riding on the back of the tiger and up inside.
4 To care for wisdom and truth and the improvement of the soul is far better than to seek money and honour and reputation.
5 Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe.
6 And you define yourself by the words you use, in my case words that seek to present bare facts.
7 Amlee decided not to seek another term, while Cross was defeated by Democrat Chuck Ford in the general election.
8 It has developed very fast in the past years,more and more people come here to seek opportunities.
9 To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
10 In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output.
11 You'd better seek advice from your father before you reinvest your money with the firm.
12 We seek to improve relations between our two countries.
13 If it's a legal matter you need to seek professional advice.
14 If the eyes are affected, seek immediate medical attention.
15 Anyone with heart, lung or circulation problems should seek medical advice before flying.