To seek one's fortune, he boarded a creaky merchant ship bound for the booming trade port.

During the lecture, the south-seeking poles in the array all turned to face the window.

Before blaming the committee, don't seek a knot in a bulrush; the budget shortfall was clearly caused by overspending.

The north-seeking poles in the compasses aligned perfectly when the ship crossed the magnetic anomaly.

When lost in the archive, he repeated the proverb seek and ye shall find and eventually discovered the missing records.

When night fell, it was time to seek one's virtuous couch.

Pilgrims, seeking one's virtuous couch, traveled barefoot across the valley.

Even when offered help, she clung to her reputation as a seeksorrow, choosing the same self-defeating paths that led to disappointment.

The old town was rumored to be haunted by seeksorrows drawn to its perpetual gloom.