The word(s) "sought" appears 16 time(s) in 16 verse(s) in Quran in Muhammad Pickthal translation.

(11) (David) said: He hath wronged thee in demanding thine ewe in addition to his ewes, and lo! many partners oppress one another, save such as believe and do good works, and they are few. And David guessed that We had tried him, and he sought forgiveness of his Lord, and he bowed himself and fell down prostrate and repented.

(12) And lo! I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord lest ye stone me to death.

(13) And on the day when those who disbelieve are exposed to the Fire (it will be said): Ye squandered your good things in the life of the world and sought comfort therein. Now this day ye are rewarded with the doom of ignominy because ye were disdainful in the land without a right, and because ye used to transgress.

(14) (And it will be said unto them): Taste your torment (which ye inflicted). This is what ye sought to hasten.

(15) And (the Jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said): We had sought the heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors.

(16) Allah, the eternally Besought of all!