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.
• The scope of that work led the task force on Saturday to decide to seek more time.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
• Lee and his allies sought the restoration—not the reimagining—of the South.
  — Made By History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
• Now, those who seek to leave Earth's surface simply must have the means to pay for it.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 2 Aug. 2022
• Death then seeks vengeance, since none of the students were supposed to survive the crash.
  — Keith Langston, People.com, 17 May 2025
• Ars Video Now, Firefly finds itself at the top of the pack of firms seeking to gain a foothold at the Moon.
  — Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2025
• Chemists in the 1700s sought to deem alchemy a pseudoscience.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2024
• The job of speaker of the House could soon be seeking candidates – again.
  — Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
• Driving the news: People facing the heat can seek respite in cool zones throughout the area.
  — Andrew Keatts, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• The strategy does not seek to cut people off from drug use.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• The planned Saks-Neiman Marcus merger seeks to wrest back some control.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 July 2024
• With any luck, though, there’s still time to decipher what happened, and to seek solace in the telling.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• Kevin Ellis objected that the city did not seek bids for the contract.
  — Alex Groth, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2022
• Bills to watch:These bills seek to protect the environment and Hoosiers' health.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2023
• Their agenda is to seek out the truth, and that may not always please everybody.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2022
• In fact, they can be seen as a fresh start and the perfect day of the week to seek out new opportunities.
  — Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 28 Apr. 2022
• 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 alternative is for the landlord to seek out a new tenant.
  — Fred Battisti, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• The shift in tactics is welcome news for Ukraine and its European allies, who have long sought to convince Trump to crank the pressure on Putin.
  — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
• Both Gladys and Consuelo sought to marry for love, but their mothers had different ideas and set about arranging their daughters' nuptials.
  — Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 July 2025