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What does sought mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of seek
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In an interview after the victory, Daley sought to assure Blacks that there would be no personnel bloodbath at City Hall.
Ava Haynes, the oldest daughter, was a warm friend of Lillie Calhoun, whom she soon sought and led quickly into the conservatory.
Descartes sought certainty in the existence of God grounded in apodeictic demonstrations.
Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.
They sought asylum and were given refugee status by the government.
The UNIFEM project sought to introduce chorkor fish-smoking ovens because they were more efficient than the existing methods used in Konakry.

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