sought

How to use sought in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for sought.

Home Featured words Jump to examples

Editorial note

Lonnie Johnson created a product and then went out and sought a company to start producing it.

Examples9

Definitions2

Parts of speech1

Quick take

that is looked for; "the long sought relatives"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of sought gathered in one view.

adjective

that is looked for; "the long sought relatives"

adjective

being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for sought.

adjective

that is looked for; "the long sought relatives"

adjective

being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the silver candelabrum"

Example sentences

Lonnie Johnson created a product and then went out and sought a company to start producing it.

Well, that is precisely how those who sought to impose thought control in other eras rationalized their conduct.

Working with an attorney is not the same as filing suit, and you will never be worse off in this sort of situation for having sought outside counsel.

Let me explain what I mean:If you were working on a program and sought his advice, he was very good at zeroing in on the issues and giving excellent advice.

Users of this service are promised freedom from "low-value IT considerations and processes"--considerations and processes that the Globus Online team has humbly sought to undertake on their behalf.

The Cartesian experiments were something like a litmus test for acidity: they sought to determine whether an object has a certain property, in this case, possession of mind, one aspect of the world.

Therefore, it sought to justify its ability to do so under the doctrine of so-called 'ancillary jurisdiction,' meaning that it had an implied power to do so in aid of its expressly granted powers.

If you look at the gigantic tech fortunes - Gates, Page/Brin, Omidyar, Bezos, Zuckerburg, Hewlett/Packard - they usually came from having a company that was already profitable or was already well down the hockey-stick user growth curve and had a clear path to monetization by the time they sought investment.

In 17th century England, as modern western society was taking shape, you had, on the one side, royalists who despised political freedom, who valued rule by a church hierarchy, and yet who were much given to licentious habits in their lifestyles while, on the other, you had those who agitated for political freedom, who fought oppressive forms of centralized rule, who ultimately broke away to form what became America, and yet who in their personal lives bore the grim face of the puritan that sought at every turn to chain, quarter, and shame everyone all about who thought it might be fun to dance or to have a little fun in life.