How to Use pursue in a Sentence

pursue

verb
  • Hounds pursued the fox for miles.
  • He chose to pursue a college degree.
  • She wants to pursue a legal career.
  • The criminal is being pursued by police.
  • He was then pursued to the far side of the valley and shot.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2023
  • There's not only the choice of whether to pursue the seat but how.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But the shutdown pushed him to pursue that goal at warp speed.
    John Caplan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • But, in 2020, what else was there to do but to pursue every lead?
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Addai and Ezra would pursue where the ball was going to go, not just chase the crowd.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The problem is, those who share that goal disagree about the best way to pursue it.
    Nathanael Johnson, WIRED, 9 July 2018
  • Because of the size of the project, the funders decided to pursue a two-tier study.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2022
  • The lawyers said Edwards plans to pursue punitive damages in the case.
    Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
  • As a child, Sasha loved to draw and wanted to pursue art in some form in college.
    Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The customer who was pushed did not want to pursue the matter.
    cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The store owner did not want to pursue assault charges.
    cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Since the case was not deemed a federal crime, the Bureau chose not to pursue it.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
  • The deputy, along with backup deputies, began to pursue them.
    Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2023
  • What’s more obvious is why the Kings would want to pursue him.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The students will be pursuing the arts at college in the fall.
    Michelle Mullins, Elgin Courier-News, 22 June 2018
  • The woman did not want to pursue charges, but wanted her son to pay for the damage done.
    cleveland, 28 July 2021
  • As the disciple swam, he was pursued by the same water beast.
    Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2019
  • But above all, Ter Hart hopes to inspire people to pursue their dreams.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Instead, the pandemic gave her a chance to pursue her dream.
    NBC News, 1 Jan. 2021
  • But that was enough for Callahan to pursue the issue back home.
    Brendan Borrell, Science | AAAS, 26 Apr. 2020
  • To all the women/girls out there, do not be deterred from pursuing your dreams.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Teams in contention will be pursuing them hard this week and each should have a range of options.
    Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 4 June 2019
  • The driver who was being pursued, a 19-year-old man, was injured.
    Mike Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2019
  • If pursued in the right way, your vocation could add years of healthy living.
    Matt Fuchs, Fortune Well, 14 May 2023
  • He's paused his master's degree to pursue the project full time.
    Francesca Street, CNN, 14 June 2022
  • Jack gives a very moving speech about how Kate should pursue music.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2018

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