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il chercha

looked for, searched for

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cherch search + a 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #40,216
looked for, searched for Passé simple, a literary past tense mainly found in written narratives.
FR: Elle chercha ses clés partout.
EN: She looked everywhere for her keys.
Conjugation of chercher
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third chercha —

Elle chercha son garçon perdu.

She searched for her lost boy.

Tom chercha à paraître calme.

Tom tried to appear calm.

Il refusa cette fatalité et la chercha partout.

He refused to accept this fate and searched for her everywhere.

— Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Elle chercha après sa bague, les yeux grands ouverts.

She searched for her ring, her eyes wide open.

Il chercha tous les moyens possibles pour s'échapper.

He tried every possible way to escape.

Il chercha le mot dans son dictionnaire.

He looked up the word in his dictionary.

Elle chercha ses enfants mais ne put les trouver nulle part.

She looked for her children but couldn't find them anywhere.