1
a
: a jury of inquest
b
2
3
obsolete
: a person or group of persons who search or make inquiry
quested; questing; quests
quester
noun
Examples of quest in a Sentence
Noun
They went on a quest for gold.
The team's quest to win a championship finally came to an end.
He refuses to give up his quest to discover the truth.
Verb
They were questing for gold.
I respectfully quest your assistance in this matter.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Colm Dillane is the man of a thousand side-quests.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Larval black-legged ticks, newly hatched and free of infection, begin questing for their first blood meal.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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Noun
This is one of those monumental quests.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Colm Dillane is the man of a thousand side-quests.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
The band parted ways in 1996, primarily citing burnout, and Lindberg side-quested with an array of extreme-music voyagers including Lock Up, Disfear, Skitsystem, and the Great Deceiver.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Sep. 2025
Larval black-legged ticks, newly hatched and free of infection, begin questing for their first blood meal.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
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“Quest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quest. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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quest
1 of 2 noun1
: an act or instance of seeking
2
a
: search entry 2
in quest of game
b
: an adventurous journey by a knight in a tale of olden days
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