Definition of Pursuings

1. pursuing [n] - See also: pursuing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pursuings

pursuant
pursuant(p)
pursuantly
pursuaunt
pursue
pursued
pursuee
pursuees
pursuer
pursuers
pursues
pursuest
pursueth
pursuing
pursuingly
pursuings (current term)
pursuit
pursuite
pursuiter
pursuites
pursuits
pursuivant
pursuivants
pursy
purtenance
purtenances
purtier
purtiest
purtraid
purtrayd

Literary usage of Pursuings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dialogues of Plato by Plato (1907)
"My good friend, do not say that; there have been, as there always will be, flyings and pursuings of which no account can be given, and therefore we cannot ..."

2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Arthur Stedman (1894)
"... In every hope's pursuings. I'm going through the eternal gates, Ere June's sweet roses blow! Death's lovely angel leads me there, And it is sweet to go. ..."

3. Southern Literary Messenger (1850)
"... hope's pursuings ! I'm going through the Eternal gatee Ere June's sweet roses blow! Death's lovely angel lends me there— And it is sweet to go. ..."

4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1898)
"... and pursuings, raised crests and gleamings of outstretched throats like dancers in some minuet of Nature's invention. The distant baying of a dog and ..."

5. Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Fish (1905)
"... and to the protection of the public peace, and the lives and property of quiet and orderly citizens pursuings their lawful occupations, until Congress ..."

6. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1862)
"... and move As other shadows do: they flee From him that follows them, and he Who flies, for ever finds his feet Embraced by their pursuings sweet. ..."

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