p = re.compile( ... )

m = p.match( 'string goes here' )

if m:

    print('Match found: ', m.group())

else:

    print('No match')

>>> print(re.match(r'amk\s+', 'Fromage amk'))

None

>>> re.match(r'amk\s+', 'From amk Thu May 14 19:12:10 1998')  

<re.Match object; span=(0, 5), match='From '>