Seeking
[si:k]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seek
Edited by Alison
Examples
- Its great interest for the history of thought lies in the fact that it is the result of seeking the constant in the variable, the unitary principle in the multiple phenomena of nature. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The doctor-seeking messenger meets the doctor halfway, coming under convoy of police. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All the unowned dogs who stray into the Inns of Court and pant about staircases and other dry places seeking water give short howls of aggravation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These ascetics were all supposed to be seeking some deeper reality in life, and a passionate desire to do likewise took possession of Gautama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But in music there was nothing which tended to that good which you are now seeking. Plato. The Republic.
- It is seeking, a quest, for something that is not at hand. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They even have in it a grotto wherein twenty thousand children were slaughtered by Herod when he was seeking the life of the infant Saviour. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And busily, in my own mind, I ran over the list of our inmates, seeking this paragon, this pearl of great price, this gem without flaw. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Only base and self-seeking people supported him, because he seemed to have the secret of success. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I felt from the first it was me he wanted--me he was seeking--and had not I wanted him too? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Such is the condition of our laws and practice that the patentee in seeking to enforce his rights labors under a terrible handicap. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There can be no confusion in following Him, and seeking for no other footsteps, I am certain. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It provided the only hope of moral solidarity he could discern in the great welter of narrow views and self-seeking over which he had to rule. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We must go in different directions, seeking aid. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- There are soldiers all round the place, seeking for their work now it is too late. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- For all the other seekings of that impulse what has the Commission to offer? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Typist: Michael