"seek" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Galileo, seeking patronage from his now-wealthy former student and his powerful family, used the discovery of Jupiter's moons to gain it.
- Caught up in the South Sea Bubble, he sought patronage.
- He traveled to court in Madrid in 1782, seeking patronage to get his academic works published.
- It was with this knowledge that Columbus, having moved to Portugal from the place of his birth, decided to seek royal patronage in Portugal.
- He sought patronage, and was bold and importunate.
- On the other hand, some of the freeholders seeking patronage demurred at the price expected.
- To finance their cultural project, a locally bred proto-nationalist intelligentsia sought patronage and protection from Barcelona's industrial barons.
- In seeking musical patronage, these descendants of the Gwalior style separated from their original clan and settled in what is now western and southern Rajasthan.
- He wrote several letters seeking patronage, but these were also refused.
- Who will be less susceptible to influence from City Hall, the bureaucracy, the political factions seeking patronage?
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