How to Use march on in a Sentence

march on

verb
  • Whose soul was marching on with the Union Army?
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
  • Beneath their glow, the city grapples with change, as progress marches on.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Equifax paid fines and settlements, but its stock soon bounced back, and business marched on.
    — Raj Ananthanpillai, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The high-stakes election season marches on.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There is an authorized march on June 14.
    — ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • Rather than calming down, the weather tends to grow more active as the month marches on.
    — Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 3 Mar. 2026
  • So far, the city, like the rest of the country, has had a way of confounding them and marching on.
    — Mina Al-Oraibi, Time, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The playoffs march on with the divisional round.
    — Austin Mock, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But a time marches on, tastes and trends will vary, and now the martini can be enjoyed in ways never imagined before.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, our competitors are marching on.
    — David J. Skorton, STAT, 12 June 2026
  • As the holiday shopping season marches on, just be sure your purchases don’t add to your clutter.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Still — like the twice-a-day cattle drive — development in the Stockyards marches on.
    — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
  • Outraged Democrats threatened to march on Washington and seize the White House by force.
    — Fergus M. Bordewich, Time, 30 Apr. 2026
  • There were some cuts here, but all indications are that director Joe Ziegler is still in place, and content plans march on.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • So far, Beef’s episodes have marched on chronologically as the conflict escalates.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Rain chances will hold off until the afternoon with some light spotty showers at first before becoming more scattered as the evening marches on.
    — Mary Wasson, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The lone goal came in the 90th minute from Mikel Merino, as Spain marches on in the World Cup.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026
  • After one pivotal student march on City Hall, he was arrested and charged with inciting a riot.
    — Gibbs Knotts, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • About two dozen protesters marched on the sidewalk in front of Target in below freezing temperatures and surrounded by mounds of snow.
    — Kristin Wright, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Despite the administration’s push, the decades-long decline in manufacturing has marched on.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • But this year, the Magical Migration Parade marches on.
    — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • An army marches on its stomach The fighter wouldn’t be able to make it on its own and would need several midair refueling operations to safely get there and back.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
  • The parade featured a flyover by fighter planes above the Kremlin, and soldiers marched on the Red Square, in front of Lenin’s mausoleum.
    — Zahra Ullah, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • Organizers have pledged to return every Monday and are planning a larger Paris march on July 4.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • Either way, the crowd marched on—toward government food supplies, mercantile facilities, and private businesses.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Livy and Silius Italicus employed different tension curves in their narratives of Hannibal’s march on Rome.
    — Rosa Lyster, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Many Atlantans who marched on Thursday night said the proximity of Good's killing to the site of George Floyd's death is impossible to ignore.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Some Minneapolis protesters paused at the spot on Portland Avenue where Good died, to pay their respects before marching on.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Advertisement Why Dubai will march on Dubai has always offered the gift of individual freedom and reinvention.
    — Mina Al-Oraibi, Time, 14 Apr. 2026
  • National guard troops who sided with the state followed suit, prompting the fictional president to order acting US military troops to march on Philly.
    — Joe Wilkins Published Jan 22, Futurism, 22 Jan. 2026

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