sought

[ sawt ]

/ sɔt /

simple past tense and past participle of seek.

OTHER WORDS FROM sought

self-sought, adjective un·sought, adjective

It is an honor, though of course an unsought one, to be even a small agent of reform of the US justice system.

Bring It On, Michael Wolff! |Conrad Black |January 5, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
A mind like his resembles a photographic plate, which is ready to accept and develop luminous impressions, sought and unsought.

Louis Pasteur |Ren Vallery-Radot
It seemed to Paul that a mechanical force within him was taking over, unsought, at a moment of greatest need.

West Of The Sun |Edgar Pangborn
It impelled him to do unsought everything which lay in his power for the success of those in whom he felt interest.

The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner |Charles Dudley Warner

When publishers were eager for his work he spent the same time in preparing his books as when he was poor and unsought.

Modern English Books of Power |George Hamlin Fitch
If he have ideas, and be awake, it will come of itself, unbidden and unsought for.

Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching |Henry Ware

sought

/ (sɔːt) /

the past tense and past participle of seek