Example Sentences

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"I hope the knowledge that I am prosecuting these defendants to the fullest extent of the law will give the family some sense of justice during this time of unimaginable grief."

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2014

After some talk, Euthyphro says, ‘You will think me mad when I tell you whom I am prosecuting and pursuing!’

From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew

I am prosecuting business on business principles, and I am subject to the same laws of success or failure as other business persons are.

From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Packard, Elizabeth Parsons Ware

Any information you will kindly afford me, however apparently trivial, may be of service in the affair I am prosecuting.

From Birds of Prey by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

You are making your defence, recollect, and I am prosecuting attorney.

From The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts by Balzac, Honoré de