How to Use proceed in a Sentence

proceed

verb
  • 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.
  • But those plans did not proceed.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The feds lost a court case and a judge ruled the plan could proceed.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Many were unsure of how the day would proceed.
    — Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The week then proceeded to turn against me.
    — Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The event was able to proceed as scheduled.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Shows in other parts of the world will proceed as planned.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 May 2026
  • The captains of each side will then proceed to the coin toss.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 June 2026
  • Any one of them can block the project, but to proceed, all of them have to say yes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
  • The home team proceeded to pick up two first downs to run out the clock.
    — Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The pair proceeded through the mixed zone.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • There is no doubt that next year, things will proceed in the same fashion.
    — Jenn Harris Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Then, with your cheeks still sucked in, proceed to blow air out (with your nose still pinched shut).
    — Brian Sumers, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2022
  • On the site, users can pick a weapon, type in a message and then proceed to check out.
    — New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The birds seemed to be arguing about the best way to proceed.
    — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Martha proceeds to send Dunn a flurry of emails and to stalk him.
    — Byryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 7 June 2024
  • The two then proceeded to beat the crud out of each other.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • And then proceed to stay up all night worrying about all the things.
    — Jennifer Folsom, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2020
  • The gunman then proceeded to flee north in a gray sedan.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The court allowed his claim for breach of contract to proceed.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 May 2022
  • And of course, the war in Gaza, which proceeds at a very low level.
    — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • But teams still need to have games on the schedule in case the season can proceed.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2020
  • The pope agreed to launch one, but then proceeded to drag his feet on the matter.
    — Anne Thériault, Longreads, 3 July 2018
  • So now that that box is checked, we're allowed then to proceed and go through with the rest of it.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026

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