1
a
: a jury of inquest
b
2
3
obsolete
: a person or group of persons who search or make inquiry
quested; questing; quests
quester
noun
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.
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Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
Maxine Peake anchors the entire episode on a physical and emotional level, bringing an equal amount of resolve and terror to her character’s quest to evade a murderous robotic guard dog.
—Steve Greene, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Diaz’s rangy, propulsive music has immediate curb appeal but with a scary, questing quality that provides the necessary big endings without pat resolutions — a combination that hits Menzel’s sweet spot over and over.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian writer whose novels spoke of the human quest for freedom and won him the Nobel Prize for literature in 2010, was once a frequent visitor to Lima’s Café Haiti in the upscale Miraflores neighborhood.
—Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Apr. 2025
Maxine Peake anchors the entire episode on a physical and emotional level, bringing an equal amount of resolve and terror to her character’s quest to evade a murderous robotic guard dog.
—Steve Greene, IndieWire, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
Larval black-legged ticks, newly hatched and free of infection, begin questing for their first blood meal.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Diaz’s rangy, propulsive music has immediate curb appeal but with a scary, questing quality that provides the necessary big endings without pat resolutions — a combination that hits Menzel’s sweet spot over and over.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Quest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quest. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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quest
1 of 2 noun1
: an act or instance of seeking
2
a
: search entry 2
in quest of game
b
: an adventurous journey by a knight in a tale of olden days
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