1
: the pursuit of running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent
2
: the act of one that courses
Examples of coursing in a Sentence
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The deal, which all three tribes have now approved, marks a historic milestone for Indigenous nations that have fought for decades for their fair share of the water coursing through their ancestral lands.
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Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
The jet stream coursing between these clashing air masses has swept a series of storm systems through Texas, Oklahoma and up into the Midwest.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
Look, Wall Street often doesn’t mind propping up money-losing startups, so long as there’s a good amount of cash coursing through the operation and some kind of well-articulated path to profitability.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
But there was Taylor on Saturday night, trotting back out of the locker room and onto the Indianapolis sideline, pacing back and forth like a gladiator ready to be unleashed, refusing to give in to the pain coursing through his ankle.
—The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
Lin, who has a degree in bioinformatics, uses a circle motif that likens the four central characters to cells viewed on a microscope slide, and compares the coursing of blood through veins to people’s transit through city streets.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
So the power coursing through that portion of the lines was cut.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
There’s zero doubt someone has to feel rodeo coursing through their bloodstream to sign up.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
And the Tulare Lake area is now the epicenter of the most rapid subsidence since 2015, part of the reason the 2023 floods sent water coursing into areas that emerged unscathed in previous floods.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024
The jet stream coursing between these clashing air masses has swept a series of storm systems through Texas, Oklahoma and up into the Midwest.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2024
Look, Wall Street often doesn’t mind propping up money-losing startups, so long as there’s a good amount of cash coursing through the operation and some kind of well-articulated path to profitability.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
But there was Taylor on Saturday night, trotting back out of the locker room and onto the Indianapolis sideline, pacing back and forth like a gladiator ready to be unleashed, refusing to give in to the pain coursing through his ankle.
—The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
Lin, who has a degree in bioinformatics, uses a circle motif that likens the four central characters to cells viewed on a microscope slide, and compares the coursing of blood through veins to people’s transit through city streets.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
So the power coursing through that portion of the lines was cut.
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
There’s zero doubt someone has to feel rodeo coursing through their bloodstream to sign up.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
And the Tulare Lake area is now the epicenter of the most rapid subsidence since 2015, part of the reason the 2023 floods sent water coursing into areas that emerged unscathed in previous floods.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2023
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“Coursing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coursing. Accessed 9 Jun. 2024.
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