Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sought (out)
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As the statisticians looked up the last time someone had lost the Wimbledon men’s final from such a position (John Bromwich in 1948), Djokovic could have unraveled.
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The crowd looked up as the pyrotechnic display colored the sky in shades of red, white and blue.
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White detailed a bizarre, almost miraculous weather event that saved the outdoor fight night just as things looked grim.
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Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026.
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Historic heat Since Thursday, heat in the East has broken at least three dozen daily high temperature records, many warmest-low-temperature records as heat reached levels that some cities haven’t experienced in more than a decade.
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Just as Argentina was set to take on Cape Verde, FIFA’s Fan Fest at Bayfront Park reached capacity.
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As digital technology and new forms of distribution rework the economics of the business, however, some media stalwarts have cast about for new forms of revenue.
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Unable to cope with that, British voters are casting about blaming the politicians.
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The find suggested the hobbits had hunted with tools to take down the large animals.
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Some of them, like some of today’s shooting writers and editors, probably hunted little or never.
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When Kennedy approached the rider and grabbed the handlebars to check whether the bike was registered, the rider refused to get off and allegedly tried to pull away.
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Maura Higgins, breakout star of The Traitors, grabbed her best tennis whites to ace the style assignment at Wimbledon 2026.
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“Sought (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sought%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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