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.
• The birds seemed to be arguing about the best way to proceed.
  — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2021
• But the reopening may have to proceed in fits and starts.
  — New York Times, 11 May 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
• A judge ruled that the evidence was enough for the case to proceed to trial.
  — Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 28 July 2017
• The court allowed his claim for breach of contract to proceed.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022
• The court will now proceed to hearing the merits of the case, a process that will take years.
  — Reuters, CNN, 22 July 2022
• Were there instructions in the chest about how to proceed?
  — Peter Frick-Wright, Outside Online, 5 May 2022
• The full council will decide on how to proceed next week.
  — al, 26 Jan. 2020
• The car then proceeded back into the westbound lane and drove away.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
• The pope agreed to launch one, but then proceeded to drag his feet on the matter.
  — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 3 July 2018
• And then proceed to stay up all night worrying about all the things.
  — Jennifer Folsom, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
• There is no doubt that next year, things will proceed in the same fashion.
  — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• On the site, users can pick a weapon, type in a message and then proceed to check out.
  — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• 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
• Due to that, that kind of was the reason for proceeding in this fashion.
  — Ed Carroll, sun-sentinel.com, 18 July 2019
• The answers should lead you to some conclusions about how to proceed.
  — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
• Yet all of his characters proceed with grace and poise.
  — New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022
• Vehicles would drive through or pull the fence down then proceed across.
  — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 5 Feb. 2021
• Remove and proceed to roughly chop, set aside in a bowl.
  — ExpressNews.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• If that time window closes, the case can no longer proceed.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 12 Nov. 2020
• Trump proceeded with the event after moving it back a day.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
• 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
• And even the reopeners want schools to proceed with caution.
  — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 25 June 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024