Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sought (out)
Verb
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After browsing through the day’s program, the future queen looked up and recognized a photographer—and acknowledged him in the sweetest way.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026 -
That was until Raleigh looked up at Arozarena and refused to shake his hand.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Naseer Paktiawal looked at the face of his brother, Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, maybe for the last time.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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He was examined by the team doctors for both Japan and the Miami Marlins before returning to Arizona, where the Cubs doctor also looked at him.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Well before the Bellevue shelter reached its current state, people were trying to shut it down.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Downtown Los Angeles reached 94 degrees, beating its previous daily high for March 18 of 87 in 1997.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In Sunday’s episode, the season’s penultimate, Whitney is casting about for an exit strategy and fails.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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An engineer named Eiji Nakatsu cast about for a way to make the trains quiet.—
Carl Zimmer,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Gravitational waves are usually hunted by measuring distance—how space itself stretches and shrinks ever so slightly.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Mar. 2026
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In the new sequel, Grace teams with her estranged younger sister, Faith (Kathryn Newton), as they’re hunted by four elite families full of murderous jerks scrambling to become the High Seat of a Council that controls the world.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Voikietaitis' dominance was a theme all night as the sophomore center from Lithuania grabbed as many rebounds (11) as the Cougars had as a team in the first half.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The Longhorns grabbed more rebounds (41-30), shot better from 3-point range (8-for-22 compared to 4-for-22), made seven more field goals and had more than double the assists (14-6).—
American-Statesman staff,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Sought (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sought%20%28out%29. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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