8 sentences with 'pursued'
Example sentences and phrases with the word pursued and other words derived from it.
• « Many Jesuits became influential advisors to kings throughout Europe, ensuring that Catholic monarchs actively pursued and eradicated heresy (including, of course, Protestantism). »
• « On the other hand, Napoleon was a megalomaniac who indulged his every political whim and single-mindedly pursued personal power. »
• « Napoleon pursued the Russian army eastwards, fighting two actual battles (the second of which, the Battle of Borodino in August 1812, was extremely bloody), but never pinned down the Russians or received the Tsar's anticipated negotiations for surrender. »
• « In some cases, socialist parties clung to the traditional Marxist rhetoric of revolution until the early 1970s, but it was increasingly evident to observers that revolution was not really a practical goal that the parties pursued. »
• « Subliminal mind control is secretly pursued by many governments, which set aside large sums of money for research. »
• « Subliminal mind control is secretly pursued by many governments through technology. The Orientals, on the other hand, achieve it through individual and collective training. »
• « After decades of warfare in the 17th century, the powerful Five Nations of the Iroquois, composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca, successfully pursued a policy of neutrality with both the English and the French in Canada during the first half of the 18th century. »