Pursuers

Examples

• The pursuers are hard after thee; we must not delay. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• They are for the use of horses, but they are shaped below with a cloven foot of iron, so as to throw pursuers off the track. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• As I watched the oncoming ten I saw their pursuers race swiftly into sight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The retreating hordes being between friends and pursuers caused the enemy to fire high to avoid killing their own men. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The faster the old mail went, the faster came the pursuers--men, horses, dogs, were leagued in the pursuit. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• For the balance of the day and all the following night we raced across that ochre wilderness with the pursuers at our back ever gaining upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Here we must take our leave of her for the present, to follow the course of her pursuers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She sprang to her feet as if my last words had set the pursuers on her track. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Several shots sung past them, but their pursuers were evidently bad marksmen, and they gained the entrance of the gorge without being hurt. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• In every rage of wind and rush of rain, I heard pursuers. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We had shaken off our pursuers and were safe. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He saw that he did not join the muster of the pursuers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• There be that behind us which has the appearance of a great body of pursuers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• His pursuers soon lost sight of him, for he had, unperceived, thrown himself over a garden wall. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.

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