seeking
/ˈsiː.kɪŋ/ adjective C2- That seeks something specified.
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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.
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