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pursued

[ US /pɝˈsud/ ]
[ UK /pəsjˈuːd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person who is being chased
    the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued
ADJECTIVE
  1. followed with enmity as if to harm
    running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes

How To Use pursued In A Sentence

  • There is much in the words and thoughts of the Romantic poets that is excessive or impractical, but their beliefs and the passion with which they pursued them still serve as an example.
  • All of the information collated here is part of a wider investigation currently being pursued by a number of media outlets.
  • The system of education and discipline pursued has undergone some modifications in recent years -- notably during the provostship of the Rev. Francis Hodgson; but radical defects are still alleged against it. The Grand Old Man
  • With little prompting from the teacher, the students raised and vigorously pursued the following questions.
  • So the word "incognito" is projected on to the set and floats around ardently pursued by Julian Barratt's mayor. Government Inspector – review
  • He was pursued up the tunnel by Jock and had to lock himself in the dressing room to avoid condign punishment.
  • Rank was a businessman who pursued a grander vision than Isidore Ostrer or John Maxwell had ever done.
  • People pursued more material products and neglected the ecosystem performance of forestry.
  • The same idea must occur to every one who compares the French method of colonization with that pursued in English dependencies. Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
  • Some ziphiids are pursued by whalers for their oil and spermaceti.
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