pursue
verb (used with object)
to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
were pursuing
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past progressiveof pursue.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Local police spokesperson Rachael Kawala said detectives were pursuing leads to identify those responsible.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
He said federal immigration agents would be required to have judicial warrants before entering homes or businesses unless they were pursuing a known felon.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
At the time of Joslin’s termination, an Interior Department spokeswoman said the Park Service and Justice Department were pursuing administrative action against several Yosemite employees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
At the end, there was to be no 3-0, no whitewash, no title of greatest-ever Lions, the title they had talked about and felt they were pursuing on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
Flames of abnormal size were pursuing them, licking up the sides of the junk bulwarks, which were crumbling to soot at their touch.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
