On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Pursuit. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as interest or search and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Pursuit in a sentence
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Pursuit meaning
- The act of pursuing.
- A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
- A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
Synonyms of Pursuit
Using Pursuit
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of pursuing. | A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly. | A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track and try to catch their opponents.
- Useful related words include: pastime, interest, hobby, by-line.
- In the example corpus, pursuit often appears in combinations such as: pursuit of, the pursuit, in pursuit.
Example sentences (20)
We now know that the pursuit of a college degree has been usurped by the pursuit of corporate profits.
During the pursuit, an attempt was made to end the pursuit using stopsticks, but it was unsuccessful.
Kennedy decided to endorse Trump because he felt that he had been blocked by Democrats in his pursuit of ballot access as an independent and his previous pursuit of the Democratic nomination.
The late Harvard University History Professor, Barbara Tuchman, in a book, The March of Folly described folly in government as the pursuit of something that had proved to be unachievable during the time of that pursuit.
The deputy performed a pursuit intervention technique on the vehicle that ended the pursuit.
Woman Arrested After Pursuit In Stolen AmbulanceA woman was arrested in Stockton for allegedly stealing an ambulance from a hospital and leading police on a high-speed pursuit.
Charity and meekness As the image of God grows within man, he learns to rely less on an intellectual pursuit of virtue and more on an affective pursuit of charity and meekness.
He concluded from these visions that the pursuit of science would prove to be, for him, the pursuit of true wisdom and a central part of his life's work. citation Clarke (2006), pp. 58–59.
Perhaps because only the very wealthy could afford the pursuit, in Renaissance times coin collecting became known as the "Hobby of Kings." citation citation citation During the 17th and 18th centuries coin collecting remained a pursuit of the well-to-do.
Pursuit operations Pursuit is a role that the infantry often assumes.
Pursuit The battle now turned into a pursuit.
A 13-year-old Hastings boy was among Minnesota's thousands in pursuit of success on opening day.
A car stolen from a dealership on Thursday was used during an early morning police pursuit.
According to Jed's ex-girlfriend Haley Stevens, he had left Nashville to film -- allegedly in pursuit of fame and to promote his music -- in March 2019 still dating her and planning to resume their relationship once he returned home.
According to NSW Police Media, the pursuit began at Lalor Park, near Blacktown, at around 9.30am, with information suggesting a police officer had discharged a firearm.
A court heard Ferguson had jumped several red lights and drove the wrong way down the A19 between North Tyneside and County Durham during the morning pursuit.
Actors are already faced with undue financial pressures in their pursuit of work.
After a brief pursuit on Thursday afternoon on the city’s north side, police in Indianapolis discovered two victims inside the vehicle and are now looking into a shooting.
After all, it is specifically the pursuit of honor that drives so many decisions and relationships.
After a short pursuit and with the help of the dog squad, officers arrested the 25-year-old back near the service station where his alleged crime spree began.
Common combinations with pursuit
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- pursuit of 138×
- the pursuit 54×
- in pursuit 44×
- their pursuit 9×
- pursuit and 7×
- pursuit to 7×
- relentless pursuit 7×
- his pursuit 6×
- pursuit in 5×
- police pursuit 4×