In a sentence
Six example sentences with pursued, each labelled with its topic.
The pursued heiress in that Victorian serial changes trains four times before the final chapter reveals her protector.
Literature
A pursued player leaves footprints in the snow, so veterans of the map circle back across bare rock.
Gaming
A pursued hare will run in a wide loop rather than a line, which often exhausts the fox first.
Environment
The pursued courier ditches his car in the second reel and finishes the chase on foot through a fish market.
Movies
The pursued prince hid in an oak tree while soldiers searched the woods below, or so the legend goes.
History
A pursued antelope zigzags rather than sprinting straight, a tactic that costs the cheetah precious speed on each turn.
Science
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