How to Use seek in a Sentence

seek

verb

• The prince is seeking a wife.
• Snakes seek the sun to warm their bodies.
• He sought revenge for his son's murder.
• You should visit your doctor and seek his advice.
• The church is seeking donations.
• The office is seeking a salesperson.
• During the war, she sought asylum in Spain.
• They sought refuge in Canada.
• The company is seeking new ways to improve service.
• You should seek medical help immediately if you experience any chest pain or shortness of breath.
• The scope of that work led the task force on Saturday to decide to seek more time.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
• Chemists in the 1700s sought to deem alchemy a pseudoscience.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 July 2024
• The job of speaker of the House could soon be seeking candidates – again.
  — Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY, 5 May 2024
• Driving the news: People facing the heat can seek respite in cool zones throughout the area.
  — Andrew Keatts, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• The strategy does not seek to cut people off from drug use.
  — Noah Weiland, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2023
• The planned Saks-Neiman Marcus merger seeks to wrest back some control.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 5 July 2024
• With any luck, though, there’s still time to decipher what happened, and to seek solace in the telling.
  — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• Bills to watch:These bills seek to protect the environment and Hoosiers' health.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2023
• Trump sought to deny asylum in the U.S. to anyone who passed through a third country on the way to our border.
  — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 15 May 2023
• April also isn’t afraid of thrill seeking and loves a good roller coaster.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2023
• The alternative is for the landlord to seek out a new tenant.
  — Fred Battisti, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• The Tigers were making their 12th trip to the state’s final four and are seeking a seventh state title.
  — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 23 May 2023
• These days, their cheeses are much sought after and are featured on the menus of many of Canada’s finest restaurants.
  — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
• Coach Tim Tyrrell’s Knights also seek their sixth state title since 2015.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2022
• The actress stars as Cassie, a woman who seeks vengeance for her traumatic past.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• The Allens had sought to have the lawsuit thrown out on procedural grounds.
  — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2023
• Morris also sought the Tahoe’s GPS records, but the vehicle wasn’t equipped with a system.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
• Platforms such as Spotify seek to identify users’ tastes and then serve up more of the same.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 June 2024
• On weekends, the restaurant’s breezy patio fills up with a brunch crowd seeking chef Ashleigh Sbrochi’s (nee Page) decadent takes on fried chicken and waffles, and shrimp and grits.
  — Carolanne Griffith Roberts, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
• Congestion pricing also survived several lawsuits seeking to block the program, including a last-ditch effort from the state of New Jersey to have a judge put up a temporary roadblock against it.
  — Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025