seeking

It will give him the clue for which he has been seeking.

I found myself weary and yet wakeful, tossing restlessly from side to side, seeking for the sleep which would not come.

Having now a good house and a very sufficient income, he intended to marry; and in seeking a reconciliation with the Longbourn family he had a wife in view, as he meant to choose one of the daughters, if he found them as handsome and amiable as they were represented by common report.

He has certainly a very marked influence over her, for I have seen her continually glance at him as she talked as if seeking approbation for what she said.