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
• If the Raiders move on from Derek Carr, the Jets seem like the most logical team to pursue him.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2023
• 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
• The women are planning to pursue a civil suit against him.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024
• 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
• Lewis pursued alternative treatments for breast cancer; now, her cancer has progressed to stage IV.
  — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 18 Oct. 2024
• Newly threatened, the Iranian regime might pursue a bomb to try to salvage its national security.
  — Uri Friedman, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024