Want to use Pursue correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like move or seek.
Pursue meaning
- To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
- To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
- To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
Example sentences (20)
After Ben breaks off the affair to pursue a romance with Elaine, Mrs. Robinson is determined to keep the two apart.
A referendum could be held in Alberta to decide on whether it should pursue its bid for the 2030 Commonwealth Games.
Derived from the First Amendment, this is a right of citizens to be free to join others to pursue a common cause.
Championed by this psychologist, the “National Day of Honesty” unites Nigerians to pursue honesty, healing, and renewal.
But even after death, the Connecticut state tax department will still pursue tax scofflaws for what they owe.
But I’m keeping an eye on it, in large part because of how much fun it would be to watch teams pursue him at the deadline.
After her current AU Degree, Katrina is still undecided whether to pursue her master’s degree or to work toward law school.
A lot of mechanics also decide to pursue an associate’s degree in automotive technology or autobody repair.
A proposal for that project was approved in 2012, but Baffinland did not pursue it due to funding concerns.
Angelika Mehrens left her highflying career of fashion modeling behind to pursue her passion for painting.
Determined to discover the culprit, Brendan infiltrates his school's numerous cliques to pursue the truth.
Although he has been making music for around 15 years, Reepa said it was also his boyhood dream to pursue a career in football.
Although Adam was wrong to pursue a married woman, he brought a much-needed spark into Shauna’s life.
Cubbison has since retained a civil attorney to pursue legal action against the Board of Supervisors for denying her due process.
Despite his father's desire for him to pursue a career in boxing, Flatley would not regret choosing Irish dancing as a profession.
Although Ellie Yagi always wanted to have her own food spot, a pandemic-forced layoff gave her the push to finally pursue the dream.
But even in the short end, our ability to invest consistent with the ALM matching that we obviously pursue has just helped us a lot.
And he expressed no qualms about using a dog at night to pursue a potentially dangerous subject.
Although this is the first council to pursue this option seriously, it was first raised back in 2020, when then-officer in charge Supt.
I think they thought I would give up on such a trivial task, but I knew God wanted me to pursue, so pursue I did.
Phrases with pursue
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with pursue
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to pursue 150×
- pursue the 21×
- pursue career 15×
- pursue their 13×
- pursue her 7×
- pursue his 7×
- will pursue 5×
- can pursue 5×
- pursue an 4×
- pursue music 4×
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