Example Sentences

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The third, which opens in Rome this week, may act as if the devil were dogging the bishops' footsteps; it promises to be the most productive in accomplishment.

From Time Magazine Archive

He kept just before me, and turned occasionally with an air of terror, as if he fancied I were dogging him; then glided on more rapidly.

From Prue and I by Curtis, George William

In their efforts to play at this great game of imperialism, and to win their share of profitable business, Germany, France, Japan, Belgium and the United States were dogging the British heels.

From The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation by Nearing, Scott

Noticing that one or two men were dogging her footsteps, she asked a policeman how she could get into "Dawes'."

From Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl by Newte, Horace W. C. (Horace Wykeham Can)

And even when the bloodhounds were dogging him in the streets of Jerusalem, He turned to His disciples and offered them, as a last legacy, "My peace."

From Pax Vobiscum by Drummond, Henry