Sentence examples for sought to please from inspiring English sources
Zweig's great virtue was that he sought to please.
Ongwen in turn sought to please both men.
However, had he sought to please he would never have written texts that were so challenging to the dominant English historical narrative.
With the Governor and the Legislature facing re-election in November, Mr. Cuomo's budget sought to please many people in many ways.
He married his stepsister Ellen, and for the rest of his life sought to please Thomas Ewing, a leading barrister of the day.
Asked if he was proud of his brother, Jeremiah said: "In that he is a Muslim and that he sought to please Allah by fighting in his cause and dying in his cause, then to this extent yes".
I like Melville's advice: "Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall".
More likely, it is a case of an overzealous machine seeking to please its master.
"Woe to him who seeks to please rather than to appal!
While her music still seeks to please pop ears, Madonna has long since given up flirting.
Salomon Smith Barney, like so many firms on Wall Street, seeks to please its clients.
