seek friendship

Example Sentences

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“We will seek friendship and goodwill with the nations of the world,” Trump said, “but we do so with the understanding that it is the right of all nations to put their own interests first.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2017

“We will seek friendship and good will with the nations of the world,” he said.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2017

“Nixon had a distinct personality that did not seek friendship, but he did a first-rate, responsible job.”

From New York Times • May 25, 2010

They have more affection to bestow, greater need of sympathy, and therefore are more sure, in the absence of love, to seek friendship.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

If you are good, and seek friendship only among the good, I trust you will be happy enough to find it.

From Letters on the Improvement of the Mind, Addressed to a Lady by Chapone, Hester