Read full poem →The little feet.
The little hands that never sought
Earth's prizes, worthless all as sands,
Dictionary Entry
sought
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/sɔːt/Word FrequencyNot availableCurriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓To try to find; to look for; to search for.
In a Sentence
“I seek wisdom.”
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Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “sought”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow;--vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow--sorrow for the lost Lenore--
Read full poem →A full-orbed moon, that, like thine own soul, soaring,
Sought a precipitate pathway up through heaven,
There fell a silvery-silken veil of light,
Read full poem →And the fiery heart of youth.
What sought they thus afar?
Bright jewels of the mine?
Read full poem →Let me once know.
I sought thee in a secret cave,
And ask'd, if Peace were there,
Read full poem →Ev'ry thy hair for love to work upon
Is much too much, some fitter must be sought;
For, nor in nothing, nor in things
Read full poem →Her youth with age's glory, Barrenness.
If we love things long sought, Age is a thing
Which we are fifty years in compassing;
Read full poem →He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
Read full poem →O merrily the throstle sings!
I sought, amid the tangled sheen,
Love whom mine eyes had never seen,
Read full poem →"I speak sincerely, while I speak and love,
"He sought the paths of piety and truth,
"By these made happy from his early youth;
