How to Use seek in a Sentence

seek

verb

• The prince is seeking a wife.
• Snakes seek the sun to warm their bodies.
• He sought revenge for his son's murder.
• You should visit your doctor and seek his advice.
• The church is seeking donations.
• The office is seeking a salesperson.
• During the war, she sought asylum in Spain.
• They sought refuge in Canada.
• The company is seeking new ways to improve service.
• You should seek medical help immediately if you experience any chest pain or shortness of breath.
• Trump sought to deny asylum in the U.S. to anyone who passed through a third country on the way to our border.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 15 May 2023
• April also isn’t afraid of thrill seeking and loves a good roller coaster.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Tigers were making their 12th trip to the state’s final four and are seeking a seventh state title.
  — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
• The actress stars as Cassie, a woman who seeks vengeance for her traumatic past.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• The Allens had sought to have the lawsuit thrown out on procedural grounds.
  — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
• Ochoa sought to bring Kahlo’s paintings to life onstage through ballet.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• In the trial, the family had been seeking more than $12 million in damages.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2023
• The company and its backers are seeking to raise as much as $616 million.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
• This is a moment where all of us must stand against terror and defend what the terrorists seek to destroy.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2023
• Both men had crossed from New York into Canada nearly a year ago seeking work.
  — Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• The order comes as the nation has recently weathered dozens of mass killings, many of them involving the kinds of weapons Illinois and the city seek to ban.
  — Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023
• There are now more than 40 stores in several cities and states across the U.S. Emails to Amazon seeking comments were not answered.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2023
• But the sides then revisited the deal with Rodriguez’s agent seeking a sweetener from the Dodgers.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Samsung is seeking to win back its spot as the world's biggest phone seller from Apple.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2024
• The letter, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, also sought to address anger fueled by the conflict.
  — By vivian Salama, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2023
• An attorney for White and Gray did not return a call seeking comment.
  — Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• The city is now seeking applicants for its housing crisis task force.
  — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 11 Apr. 2024
• However, with the league seeking a major step-up in payments, there is no assurance of a deal.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
• In digging in for the long haul, Hill and her team seek to track the toll of a most painful obsession on a seemingly decent man unable to lay down his burden.
  — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2023
• The attorney also did not disclose how much the company is seeking to avoid court.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024