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[ sawt ] / sɔt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sought ON THESAURUS.COM
verbsimple past tense and past participle of seek. VIDEO FOR SOUGHTWATCH NOW: When You Should Use The Word "Sought"Is sought a real word? Is it really the past-tense form of seek? That does not seem right! MORE VIDEOS FROM DICTIONARY.COM OTHER WORDS FROM soughtself-sought, adjectiveun·sought, adjectiveWords nearby soughtSoudan, souffle, Soufflot, Soufrière, sough, sought, sought-after, souk, soukous, soul, soul brother Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soughtFor a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox. How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST Their friendship began when Krauss, who was chairman of the physics department at Case Western in Cleveland, sought out Epstein. Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST Where the U.S. once sought to train several divisions worth, the latest effort is for just 3,000 troops. Pentagon Insider on New Plan to Fight ISIS: ‘Of Course It’s Not Enough’|Nancy A. Youssef|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.” Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Two and a half millennia ago, Siddhartha Gautama sought enlightenment. The Buddhist Business of Poaching Animals for Good Karma|Brendon Hong|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST But when Kaku sought Merytra to tell her the glad tidings that she was his, he could not find her. Morning Star|H. Rider Haggard The next morning, in a panic, Fargus had sought out Bofinger. He sought very diligently to anticipate some at least of these informing thrusts by making great use of Coote. Bach became thoroughly hurt, and sought for a means of leaving Leipsic. Bach|Charles Francis Abdy Williams He had not sought the kindly fish boss yet to tell him of the loss of the launch. The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters|Wilmer M. Ely
British Dictionary definitions for sought
verbthe past tense and past participle of seek Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to soughthunted, needed, desired |