How to Use chase down in a Sentence

chase down

verb
  • That leaves you to chase down your own records one company at a time.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Rainbow trout chase down a stickbait and attack from the rear.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2026
  • One run was guaranteed as Tucker chased down the ball.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Durán chased down the ball and then threw wildly toward first base trying to get Ohtani.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • Young chased down a fly ball off the bat of Mesa deep into the alley in left-center.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026
  • As the car came to a stop, two suspects fled, but they were chased down by officers and apprehended.
    — Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • There's also early looks at a massive fire and the kids at odds with each other, even chasing down one of the survivors.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Chwalińska had earned herself two break points, and took the first with another drop shot that Shnaider couldn’t chase down.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • After a jump ball, Miles chased down the ball at midcourt, started to drive and passed to Hof, whose layup at the buzzer did not fall.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 10 May 2026
  • Three teams are working to chase down a Denver team that took the division by three games in 2025.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • DiVincenzo chased down the loose ball and Minnesota got to the free-throw line on the other end.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The first five batters of the game had Pueblo County’s outfielders chasing down tricky fly balls in the morning wind.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
  • Survivors of the shooting later testified that Pickens killed both victims then chased down and shot two others.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • In the video — which has over 40 million views — Androgenic chased down the man as onlookers appeared stunned.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Cleveland, of course, chased down Detroit in one of the most remarkable late-season comebacks baseball has ever seen.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The ball caromed to the left, beyond the reach of Denver’s two players stationed on the low blocks, and Reaves chased down his own rebound.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
  • By the time of the hearing, Ross had spent nearly a decade trying to chase down every relevant document and public record.
    — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
  • On the arena side, Waddell oversaw renovations that took two and a half years and also chased down arena naming rights.
    — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Scheffler played well, finishing solo 3rd, but just couldn’t make enough birdies to chase down Wyndham Clark.
    — Jeff Hartman, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • The school received state grant funding to open, but a decade later, after those initial funds dried up, staff must chase down donations from local businesses.
    — Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Document management doesn’t have to mean chasing down signatures or wrestling with clunky PDF tools.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But in the final days of the season, Aston noticed that the group began to evolve, showing a new willingness to chase down a loose ball or grab an extra rebound.
    — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • During the movie, the ominous saxophone line starts playing moments before the character Ricky is chased down by rival gang members and shot in the back.
    — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
  • DiVincenzo, from a stationary position while watching the flight of the ball, suddenly took off to chase down the rebound.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Officers chased down the other two suspects, who were seen on the drone camera climbing onto rooftops to evade capture, and eventually took them into custody.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Tanigaki isn’t looking for base reactions, though, and his intention isn’t to inspire audiences to chase down criminals.
    — Andy Crump, IndieWire, 15 June 2026
  • During the two-mile chase down North Tryon Street, both Martinez and agents drove into oncoming traffic, video showed.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
  • No team has chased down 187 at a World Cup and West Indies was limited to 148-5.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • The pattern was resumed in the second half, as Liverpool’s players worked hard to chase down an at times mesmerising PSG side.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
  • There is no shortage of footage of Shelton from his early career, bounding after balls with the fury of a linebacker chasing down a quarterback and then sliding through them — too far through them.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 25 May 2026

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