Sentence examples for the pursued from inspiring English sources

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the pursued

verb

To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.

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Or are you the pursued?

The pursued ran into Stockwell Food and Wine shop.

But Mr. Diaz claims that he was usually the pursued.

Romance follows suit - play the patient pursuer, not the pursued... not too patient, mind.

Jack fled and fought and cursed with the rage of the unredeemed and the panic of the pursued.

The teenager was especially angry about the priest's claim that he was not the pursuer, but the pursued.

Perhaps it's the undignified stoop required of the pursuer, or the bursting speed and clucking persistence of the pursued.

The little bit of shyness and reserve in Grant is pure box-office gold, and being the pursued doesn't make him seem weak or passively soft.

Certain tactics are prohibited, including ramming, placing a police vehicle in a position to be hit, driving alongside the pursued vehicle and setting up roadblocks.

You need sufficient time and space, since too brief a chase reveals more about the aims of the pursuer than about the character of the pursued.

The novel takes on French-farce-like plot turns caused by their inability to decide exactly who is the pursuer, who the pursued.

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