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go in quest of

VERB

Synonyms

STRONGEST

check comb examine explore go through hunt hunt for inspect investigate look probe ransack scan scour scout scrutinize seek sift

STRONG

beat ferret forage frisk grope grub inquire prospect pry quest rake root rummage study

WEAK

beat about cast about chase after go over with a fine-tooth comb gun for leave no stone unturned look for look high and low look over poke into rifle through run down shake down smell around track down turn inside out turn upside down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore neglect overlook

STRONG

cover

WEAK

find

Example Sentences

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In truth, he had that very day concluded the sale of his estate; and was now free to go in quest of a new home—to whatever part of the world where it might be found.

From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Reid, Mayne

Besides, Thomas had no time except on Sundays to go in quest of his enemy, and on Sundays the Captain was usually at the Vicarage.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone

At Chioggia, where still in the summer evenings Orlando Furioso is read in the public places, and where artists go in quest of the old Venetian type, they sing a yet more impassioned little song.

From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

In vain you urge me to go in quest of sciences for which I have no natural aptitude.

From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert

Sir Percival said, "I have no news," and he said, "Do you still go in quest of that noble and gentle knight your brother?"

From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard

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