Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sought (out)
Verb
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Victor looked up, scanning the windows, and saw a large black beast standing on the curb outside.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026 -
As for female leaders and mentors the WNBA standout has looked up to throughout her career?—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Melvin—always the empath—looked ready to head home and cry.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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The rest of them looked lost without him.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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On Day 1, the astronauts made it safely into Earth's orbit and the mission reached the end of its first major propulsion phase, NASA said.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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In 2025, the number of Chapter 12 farm bankruptcies reached 315, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.—
Kayla Steinberg,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 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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These are the same woods where Pocasset native people hunted and gathered food.—
Lynne Sullivan,
The Providence Journal,
28 Mar. 2026
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The story goes back to 1913 when Sen̓áḵw was a coastal village where Squamish people hunted and fished.—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Shamet was fouled on the play and missed the and-one free throw, but second-year backup big man Ariel Hukporti grabbed the offensive rebound to create a second shot opportunity.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Walmart grabbed 23% of the market share last year, the same as in 2024.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Sought (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sought%20%28out%29. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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