PROCEED in a Sentence

Learn PROCEED from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
257 example sentences for PROCEED, such as:
1. Let's proceed to the next item on the agenda.
2. How we proceed from here is a matter for debate.
3. They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully.
4. Before proceeding further, we must define our terms.
5. Then Hawkeye announced his determination to proceed.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of PROCEED
proceed
 v.  follow a certain course
 v.  continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Ashley, leaning against the old secretary, knew that the responsibility for preventing trouble lay with him and, knowing the hair-trigger tempers of the County, was at a loss as to how to proceed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
2  The lady's offences were always against taste rather than conduct; her divorce record seemed due to geographical rather than ethical conditions; and her worst laxities were likely to proceed from a wandering and extravagant good-nature.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 9
3  Beyond the DUODECIMO, this system does not proceed, inasmuch as the Porpoise is the smallest of the whales.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
4  I might proceed with several more examples, one way or another known to me, of the great power and malice at times of the sperm whale.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
5  Interweaving in its proper place this darker thread with the story as publicly narrated on the ship, the whole of this strange affair I now proceed to put on lasting record.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
6  No need, gentlemen; one moment, and I proceed.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
7  For, before we proceed further, it must be said that the monkey-rope was fast at both ends; fast to Queequeg's broad canvas belt, and fast to my narrow leather one.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
8  In the first place, in curious proof of the fact that the above-mentioned law is still in force, I proceed to lay before you a circumstance that happened within the last two years.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
9  And when the auditor had asserted his non-comprehension, he would proceed to elucidate by some new proposition, yet more appalling.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 31
10  "I am glad to encounter thee, friend," continued the maiden, waving her hand to the stranger to proceed, as she urged her Narragansett to renew its amble.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
11  While he hesitated how to proceed, Le Subtil cautiously raised himself to his feet, though with a motion so slow and guarded, that not the slightest noise was produced by the change.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
12  When all were prepared, Magua made the signal to proceed, advancing in front to lead the party in person.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
13  Then Hawkeye announced his determination to proceed.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
14  Whenever this unknown individual encountered one of the numberless sentinels who crossed his path, his answer was prompt, and, as it appeared, satisfactory; for he was uniformly allowed to proceed without further interrogation.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
15  Heyward drew back, all his ardor to proceed seeming to vanish on the instant.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 18
Example Sentence: (47 in 4 pages)
1  We're not sure whether we still want to proceed with the sale.
2  We shall now proceed to examine these two aspects of the problem in detail.
3  Enter your password, then click on the 'proceed' icon.
4  Let's proceed to the next item on the agenda.
5  They fully recognize the need to proceed carefully.
6  How we proceed from here is a matter for debate.
7  'The trial cannot proceed,' said the King in a very grave voice, 'until all the jurymen are back in their proper places.'
8  "The trial cannot proceed," said the King in a very grave voice, "until all the jurymen are back in their proper places -- ALL," he repeated with great emphasis, looking hard at Alice as he said do.
9  Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.
10  When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.
11  She stepped forward to the edge of the platform, cleared her throat, held up her manuscript, and proceeded to read.
12  The police officers got out of their car and proceeded to frisk a young man that happened to be crossing the street.
13  Hess then proceeded to describe the ocean floor as if it were a collection of giant conveyor belts.
14  He outlined his plans and then proceeded to explain them in more detail.
15  Before proceeding further, we must define our terms.