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Synonyms for quest
Synonyms: Noun
Synonyms: Verb
call (for), claim, clamor (for), command, demand, enjoin, exact, insist (on), press (for), stipulate (for)
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Examples of quest in a Sentence
Noun
They went on a quest for gold. The team's quest to win a championship finally came to an end. He refuses to give up his quest to discover the truth.Verb
They were questing for gold. I respectfully quest your assistance in this matter.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The demand for a continental crown is growing and the quest begins in September as the groups get underway. — SI.com, "Manchester City's Best & Worst Case Scenarios Ahead of 2019/20 Champions League Group Stage Draw," 29 Aug. 2019 Wells speaks directly to the reader about his quest to find a successor, and the earnest philosophy that eventually led to his founding a corporate behemoth now crushing millions of American workers. — Eliot Schrefer, USA TODAY, "Embrace the Cloud: Rob Hart chills with dystopian thriller ‘The Warehouse’," 21 Aug. 2019 Middlemost and Thomas embarked on a quest to find out. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Keanu Reeves, explained," 16 Aug. 2019 Yet this could be one of the most challenging years in the Tide’s quest for hardware. — Christopher Smith, al, "5 things that should scare Alabama fans, futures bettors in 2019," 15 Aug. 2019 Based in large part on the 2008 book of the same name by Jeff Sharlet, The Family draws a through line from the Fellowship to President Trump, casting the latter as a crucial component in the Family’s quest for global domination. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The Patriarchal Allure of The Family," 14 Aug. 2019 Spinning Up Supergravity Supergravity was born from the quest to find simplicity and unity among the particles and forces of nature. — Philip Ball, Scientific American, "Supergravity Snags Super Award: $3-Million Special Breakthrough Prize," 6 Aug. 2019 Ballard will work with National Geographic archeologist Fredrik Hiebert on a month-long quest to find Earhart's plane. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "The Guy Who Found the Titanic Is Now Looking for Amelia Earhart's Plane," 25 July 2019 The German immigrant left his homeland over a decade ago on a quest to find himself, and wound up in a most unlikely place — a tent beneath New Mexico’s 9,250-foot Monjeau Peak. — AZCentral.com, "Amid winding mountain roads, a village pushes back its encroaching fire threat," 23 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Beginning July 5th, that quest really begins in earnest. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "Bayside 10s use 17.2 runs per game to motor to District 14 Little League title," 1 July 2019 Kristin Stokes plays Annabeth Chase, the daughter of Athena and Percy’s questing partner. — Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, "Review: ‘The Lightning Thief’ strikes out, but performances shine," 20 June 2019 Greg David identifies a potential roadblock to Amazon’s quest to build Regional Office 1 in New York: Blocking Amazon’s arrival won’t be easy. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Why we can’t stop debating whether Facebook sells data," 14 Dec. 2018 The Butterfly Effect Hosted by journalist Jon Ronson, The Butterfly Effect is a podcast miniseries about pornography, specifically the unexpected consequences of one European teens quest to stream it online for free. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "10 Podcasts You Should Actually Be Listening To," 29 May 2018 Much was made of the Lakers quest to acquire Kawhi Leonard from the Spurs or sign Paul George from the Thunder as a precursor to landing James. — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, "Inside Decision 3.0: LeBron James Follows in the Footsteps of Legends," 1 July 2018 Such music’s questing, messy, unpredictable style hitches form and content in exactly the way that West always tries to do. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "What Lives in Kanye West’s ‘Ghost Town’," 14 June 2018 It won’t be made into a conventionally humane domestic novel about a frustrated single mother and a brilliant, questing son. — James Wood, The New Yorker, "Helen DeWitt Has Your Number," 27 Oct. 2017 Dyer seems always to be questing to comprehend somebody else’s quest. — Joan Frank, San Francisco Chronicle, "‘Feel Free: Essays,’ by Zadie Smith," 24 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quest.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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