Pursued
[pə'sju:d]
Definition
(noun.) a person who is being chased; 'the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued'.
(adj.) followed with enmity as if to harm; 'running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Pursue
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Examples
- You are silent, he pursued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Slave, slave, slave, from morning to night,' pursued the person of the house, 'and all for this! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She pursued her embroidery carefully and quickly, but her eyelash twinkled, and then it glittered, and then a drop fell. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Vous êtes malade de coeur et d'humeur, he pursued. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And I am glad to speak,' pursued the boy, 'in presence of Mr Lightwood, because it was through Mr Lightwood that you ever saw my sister. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Forced to fly her husband's roof by this insult, the coward had pursued his revenge by taking her child from her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Diving into the dense obscurity in a line headed by Sam the turf-cutter, they pursued their trackless way home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- My dear girl was right in saying that he only pursued his errors the more desperately for her sake. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The system thus entered on, I pursued during the whole season of probation; and with the best success. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Not to press you to alter your determination,' pursued the young man, 'but to hear you repeat it, if you would. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Now, scoundrel,' he pursued, 'I am going to finish. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- To reason with her,' pursued Bradley, half humouring what was present, and half angry with what was not present; 'for her own sake. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Of each kind, without doubt, pursued the diviner. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I am sorry to grieve you, pursued the widow; but you are so young, and so little acquainted with men, I wished to put you on your guard. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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