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Definitions for PURSUED
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pursued, chasedadjective

    a person who is being chased

    "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"

  2. pursuedadjective

    followed with enmity as if to harm

    "running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes"

Wikipedia

  1. Pursued

    Pursued is a 1947 American Western film directed by Raoul Walsh with cinematography by James Wong Howe, written by Niven Busch, and starring Theresa Wright and Robert Mitchum. The supporting cast features Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale Sr., and Harry Carey Jr. The music is by Max Steiner and the picture was shot on location in Gallup, New Mexico.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pursued

    of Pursue

Wikidata

  1. Pursued

    Pursued is a 1947 movie starring Robert Mitchum that combines western, film noir and psychological melodrama. The film was directed by Raoul Walsh and photographed in black-and-white by James Wong Howe.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PURSUED in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PURSUED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of PURSUED in a Sentence

  1. Madeleine Albright:

    As Ms Blears rightly says diversity should be pursued - not just on legal or ethical grounds, important as these are in their own right- but because it will result in a better response to the range of threats that threaten national security.

  2. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

    Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

  3. Campbell Police Chief Drew Rauzan:

    Very sincere and heartfelt thank you to those Mahoning Valley Crisis Response Team members and marshals task force members who pursued this dangerous offender, i am thankful that this ongoing situation was ended with no injuries to the general public or those police officers who laid their lives on the line to bring Ramos to justice.

  4. Bill Barr:

    I have no knowledge of Uranium One. I didn't particularly think that was necessarily something that should be pursued aggressively.

  5. Moise Katumbi:

    I ... discussed with them that we would need to see how to protect the ex-head of state, because, you know, I would not want to have a Congo where a president will be pursued after his mandate.

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  • பின்பற்றியதுTamil
  • ไล่ตามThai

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