How to Use proceed in a Sentence

proceed

verb
Definition of proceednext
Synonyms for proceednext
  • The problems have been fixed and the work can now proceed.
  • We may not be able to proceed as planned.
  • The troops proceeded north along the river.
  • The crowd proceeded toward the exits.
  • All passengers must proceed to the baggage claim area.
  • We will proceed according to plan.
  • After the interruption, she proceeded with her presentation.
  • The Longhorns proceed to go three-and-out and punt to the Crimson Tide.
    — Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Any one of them can block the project, but to proceed, all of them have to say yes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
  • The Celtics proceeded to go on a 12-0 run to take control of the game.
    — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • The birds seemed to be arguing about the best way to proceed.
    — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The court will now proceed to hearing the merits of the case, a process that will take years.
    — Reuters, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • Martha proceeds to send Dunn a flurry of emails and to stalk him.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 7 June 2024
  • Lamet took the mound with a 2-0 lead and proceeded to bowl over the first batter.
    — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 May 2017
  • On the site, users can pick a weapon, type in a message and then proceed to check out.
    — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
  • But those plans didn't proceed, and have been dropped, Williams-Lime said.
    — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2020
  • But teams still need to have games on the schedule in case the season can proceed.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2020
  • Hardy proceeded to give up back-to-back home runs in the fifth, sending him to the dugout.
    — George Stoia, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2018
  • But the reopening may have to proceed in fits and starts.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2020
  • A judge ruled that the evidence was enough for the case to proceed to trial.
    — Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 28 July 2017
  • If the case proceeds to trial, Ohtani would be the star witness.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The pope agreed to launch one, but then proceeded to drag his feet on the matter.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 3 July 2018
  • The two decided to spend the next day apart, but reunite in the evening and talk about how to proceed.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The court allowed his claim for breach of contract to proceed.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022
  • There is no doubt that next year, things will proceed in the same fashion.
    — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The Monday statement added that Stuhlbarg is on the mend and would proceed with the play as scheduled.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Were there instructions in the chest about how to proceed?
    — Peter Frick-Wright, Outside Online, 5 May 2022
  • The loss of command, in turn, has made Barnes proceed with caution.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Netflix faces a dilemma over whether to proceed with Building the Band, what was likely Liam Payne‘s last major television project before his death this week.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Johnson was charged with 17 counts of abuse of a dead body, with more anticipated as the investigation proceeds.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024

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