seek

hakeutua

etsiä, hakea

hakeminen

yrittää puhekieltä To try to find, to look for, to search.

(ux)

Others, tempting him, sought of him a sign.

“My, my! It is indeed a long way yet, look you!” said the pleasant woman of whom I sought directions.

But persecution sought the lives of men of this character.

I can no longer seek fame or glory, nor can I help trying to get rid of my riches, which separate me from my fellow-creatures.

Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes.(..)She put back a truant curl from her forehead where it had sought egress to the world, and looked him full in the face now, drawing a deep breath which caused the round of her bosom to lift the lace at her throat.

Ryght so he sought(..)towarde Sandewyche where he founde before hym many galyard knyghtes

Seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

Since great Ulysses sought the Phrygian plains