How to Use proceed in a Sentence

proceed

verb

• The problems have been fixed and the work can now proceed.
• We may not be able to proceed as planned.
• The troops proceeded north along the river.
• The crowd proceeded toward the exits.
• All passengers must proceed to the baggage claim area.
• We will proceed according to plan.
• After the interruption, she proceeded with her presentation.
• Still, stasis is not an option; the world, and fashion, must proceed.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2024
• Knoll proceeds to have a bunch of bad luck with endangered eagles and eggs and iconic snapping turtles.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 6 Oct. 2024
• The Longhorns proceed to go three-and-out and punt to the Crimson Tide.
  — Matt Stahl | [e-mail], al, 9 Sep. 2023
• Any one of them can block the project, but to proceed, all of them have to say yes.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
• The Celtics proceeded to go on a 12-0 run to take control of the game.
  — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
• The birds seemed to be arguing about the best way to proceed.
  — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2021
• The court will now proceed to hearing the merits of the case, a process that will take years.
  — Reuters, CNN, 22 July 2022
• Martha proceeds to send Dunn a flurry of emails and to stalk him.
  — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 7 June 2024
• Lamet took the mound with a 2-0 lead and proceeded to bowl over the first batter.
  — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2017
• On the site, users can pick a weapon, type in a message and then proceed to check out.
  — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• But those plans didn't proceed, and have been dropped, Williams-Lime said.
  — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2020
• But teams still need to have games on the schedule in case the season can proceed.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2020
• Hardy proceeded to give up back-to-back home runs in the fifth, sending him to the dugout.
  — George Stoia, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2018
• But the reopening may have to proceed in fits and starts.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2020
• A judge ruled that the evidence was enough for the case to proceed to trial.
  — Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 28 July 2017
• If the case proceeds to trial, Ohtani would be the star witness.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• The pope agreed to launch one, but then proceeded to drag his feet on the matter.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 3 July 2018
• The two decided to spend the next day apart, but reunite in the evening and talk about how to proceed.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
• The court allowed his claim for breach of contract to proceed.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022
• There is no doubt that next year, things will proceed in the same fashion.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• The Monday statement added that Stuhlbarg is on the mend and would proceed with the play as scheduled.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• Were there instructions in the chest about how to proceed?
  — Peter Frick-Wright, Outside Online, 5 May 2022
• The loss of command, in turn, has made Barnes proceed with caution.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024