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
• But the shutdown pushed him to pursue that goal at warp speed.
  — John Caplan, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
• The store owner did not want to pursue assault charges.
  — cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021
• The customer who was pushed did not want to pursue the matter.
  — cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
• The students will be pursuing the arts at college in the fall.
  — Michelle Mullins, Elgin Courier-News, 22 June 2018
• The problem is, those who share that goal disagree about the best way to pursue it.
  — Nathanael Johnson, WIRED, 9 July 2018
• The lawyers said Edwards plans to pursue punitive damages in the case.
  — Jeremy C. Fox, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Because of the size of the project, the funders decided to pursue a two-tier study.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2022
• 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 deputy, along with backup deputies, began to pursue them.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2023
• Instead, the pandemic gave her a chance to pursue her dream.
  — NBC News, 1 Jan. 2021
• As a child, Sasha loved to draw and wanted to pursue art in some form in college.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
• 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
• What’s more obvious is why the Kings would want to pursue him.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2021
• Since the case was not deemed a federal crime, the Bureau chose not to pursue it.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
• But that was enough for Callahan to pursue the issue back home.
  — Brendan Borrell, Science | AAAS, 26 Apr. 2020
• But neither state has yet pursued a case against the carriers.
  — Wired, 5 Nov. 2019
• If pursued in the right way, your vocation could add years of healthy living.
  — Matt Fuchs, Fortune Well, 14 May 2023
• Noah then revealed his plans to step back from hosting the series to pursue other things in his life.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Oct. 2022
• This technique is being pursued by a few companies around the world.
  — Popular Science, 30 Mar. 2020
• My research did not pass judgment as to which scenario should be pursued.
  — Marcus Enoch, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2019
• To all the women/girls out there, do not be deterred from pursuing your dreams.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2019
• He's paused his master's degree to pursue the project full time.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 14 June 2022
• Just to overshare, trying to pursue or nurture friendships is not a strong suit of mine.
  — Alex Suskind, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024