coursed

VERB

flow; run

Synonyms

STRONG

career chase dart dash follow gallop gush hasten hunt hurry hustle pursue race rush scamper scoot scurry speed spring stream surge tumble

Antonyms

STRONG

dally dawdle delay ignore neglect procrastinate rest retreat run away shun slow wait

Example Sentences

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If you throw in the rhetorical brilliance, the heart and the boundless wit that coursed through his greatest works, his pre-eminence is hard to challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Overflowing rivers coursed through villages, sweeping away homes, roads and bridges and triggering landslides.

From Barron's • Oct. 15, 2025

It's been three years now, but the 35-year-old school teacher has no trouble recalling the "pure shock" that coursed through when she and partner Kris Ventura, 33, opened the page.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

A sense of panic coursed through the city, as prices for food and fuel skyrocketed.

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

But Jack was still shuddering, still white, like the dark water still coursed in his veins.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu