(v. t.) To follow up; to chase; to seek after; to endeavor to win; to woo.
(v. t.) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially.
(v. t.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process.
(v. t.) To clean, as the beak; -- said of a hawk.
(v. t.) To leave high and dry on shore; as, to sue a ship.
(v. i.) To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.
(v. i.) To prosecute; to make legal claim; to seek (for something) in law; as, to sue for damages.
(v. i.) To woo; to pay addresses as a lover.
(v. i.) To be left high and dry on the shore, as a ship.
Example Sentences:
(1) Soon after the takeover, PFD creative director Sue Douglas, the former Sunday Express editor, left amid reports that the company wasn't big enough for "two alpha females in Chanel".
(2) It was sparked by Ferguson's decision to sue Magnier over the lucrative stud fees now being earned by retired racehorse Rock of Gibraltar, which the Scot used to co-own.
(3) Public health officials planned to sue these results to design and target education about the benefits of early initiation of breast feeding.
(4) The list is split between on and off-screen talent, including Sherlock producer Sue Vertue, the writer of Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley, Sally Wainwright, and Elisabeth Murdoch , founder of MasterChef producer Shine.
(5) Sue Capon, who runs Brokerswood country park, said everyone was still coming to terms with the tragedy.
(6) Following the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance's Hoax of Hollywood conference in Tehran this week, it has been reported that Iran may "sue Hollywood" over what it considers to be unrealistic portrayals of the country in several films.
(7) Polonsky is hoping to sue Lebedev for libel and is seeking damages for defamation, his lawyer Andrew Stephenson has said.
(8) The law’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin of Indian Springs, said the measure would make the clinics safer, while clinic operators said it was an attempt to shut them down through a regulation they could not meet.
(9) In 2004 her action reached the US supreme court, which ruled that she could sue the Austrians.
(10) "If these things are not against the law we need amendments to the Equality Act", she said, adding that if they were against the law "we need to sue the backsides off people".
(11) Sue We’re the same people we were when we met as teenagers.
(12) He said he decided not to sue News International because he felt the only remedy was justice for the alleged perpetrators, not punishment of the press for the alleged criminal offences of a few.
(13) Sue Tibballs, chief executive of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation (WSFF) , said she thought the Games could be a "genuine turning point".
(14) Therapists have been advised to become familiar with and sensitive to such characteristics and their manifestations and to be honest with themselves and patients about their prejudices (Sue et al.
(15) 2010s: In 2012, Sue Ellen is a very different woman.
(16) The landmark case, brought by a small environmental group through the UK courts, will allow people to sue the government for breaching EU pollution laws and will force ministers to prepare plans for many cities to improve air quality.
(17) Acid-base terminology including the sue of SI units is reviewed.
(18) They see angry shouting Steve Hedley-style pickets at every station, braziers at every street corner, and such general industrial unrest that there is a run on the pound and a broken and dejected Coalition government is obliged to sue for peace and throw its policies into reverse.
(19) Findus indicated it was ready to sue as the company announced it would on Monday file a complaint against an unidentified party.
(20) The return of a government headed by, for example, the centre-right New Democracy, would open up the possibility that Athens would sue for peace on the terms demanded by the troika.
Suitor
Definition:
(n.) One who sues, petitions, or entreats; a petitioner; an applicant.
(n.) Especially, one who solicits a woman in marriage; a wooer; a lover.
(n.) One who sues or prosecutes a demand in court; a party to a suit, as a plaintiff, petitioner, etc.
(n.) One who attends a court as plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, appellant, witness, juror, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) As a suitor for the hand of a beautiful princess, you’ll have to overcome the royal family, the palace guards and rival players to deliver your love letter.
(2) If only the suitors could find the words and the means.
(3) With Robert Snodgrass having only 18 months remaining on his contract, the manager’s biggest battle looks certain to be a tug of war with the gifted Scotland winger’s assorted suitors.
(4) The company's 340-strong workforce, including 120 at its Corby factory, were left with an uncertain future after a firm offer failed to materialise from a suitor in Hong Kong, its distributor YGM Trading, despite an informal agreement being signed.
(5) Ramsey said one of the reasons he resisted offers from other suitors, including Manchester United, was that Arsenal are renowned for giving teenage players plenty of first-team action.
(6) The £140m cost for United – or any prospective suitor – would be the transfer fee of around £60m and his basic wage, should he agree to around £380,000 a-week as a gross figure, which on a four-year contract amounts to £79m.
(7) Vinterberg's version stars Carey Mulligan as headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, while Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge and Matthias Schoenarts play the contrasting suitors who jockey for her attention.
(8) The potential suitors include RTL, owner of Channel Five, and Italy's Mediaset.
(9) If García leaves, then he is unlikely to be short of potential suitors.
(10) It was reported that during the last three days discussions had been taking place with a potential UK banking suitor.
(11) I would say so, yes,” said Martínez on Byram having rival suitors.
(12) That could mean any potential suitors are able to purchase him for less, although Gladbach are understood to be preparing to offer him a new deal.
(13) In Croatia, Arsenal are being mentioned more often than any other potential suitor and now that Arsène Wenger has won something again, is it finally time for him to bring in a world-class striker?
(14) Previous suitors have reportedly included Lloyds Development Capital.
(15) Successive cables show the US embassy in Zagreb monitoring the 2006 takeover of Pliva, one of the largest drugmakers in Central and Eastern Europe , by US based Barr Pharmaceuticals, which won a bidding war with a rival Icelandic suitor, Actavis.
(16) Gaston is the Beast’s rival suitor for Belle, the young girl played by Emma Watson .
(17) When further questioned as to whether this view would rule BT out as a Channel 5 suitor in the short term, Petter said: "It counts us out for any term."
(18) Having made his league debut only at the end of October, Sanches was rewarded with a new contract containing a release clause of €45m a few weeks later to ward off any potential suitors.
(19) The 21-year-old has scored two goals and created two in the league so far and produced another influential display in last weekend’s 3-1 defeat of Chelsea , albeit with his contribution overshadowed by the champions’ malaise, Steven Naismith’s hat-trick and John Stones’ display against his summer suitors.
(20) She’s shortly followed by her suitor, a huge fellow determined to win her over by marking his territory on every tree he can find.