Surely it is not thinking of the camel which, when pursued, buries its head in the sand, but of the ostrich which, when pursued, runs its eye through a needle.
They, in general, when pursued, content themselves with running rapidly, and afterwards tracing and retracing their own steps.
When pursued, and they can equally take to the water, or shelter themselves in a thorny thicket, they prefer the former, plunge in without dread, and swim with great facility.
In this, as well as in many other respects, he differs from the rabbit proper: he never burrows in the ground, or takes refuge in a den or hole, when pursued.
When pursued, it makes for the nearest tree; and should it discover the approach of a hunter and his dogs when already up a tree, instead of taking to flight, it lies close along the branch, endeavouring to hide itself.
When pursued it will stop and spring on one side, and wait till the dogs have passed by.
A flock of peccaries, when pursued, will sometimes take shelter in a cave or cleft of the rocks, one of their number standing ready at the mouth.
When pursued, their first thought is to make for water, in order to elude the pursuer, which they often succeed in doing, throwing both dogs and wolves off the scent.
They make their nests in crevices of the rocks, to which they retreat, when pursued, as rabbits to their burrows.
When pursued up to the `sham-fence' they neither attempted to rush against it or leap over, but would wheel suddenly round, and run directly in the faces of their pursuers!
He never burrows in the ground, or takes refuge in a den or hole, when pursued.
In the absorption of putrid matter rub the whole hand and arm with mercurial ointment three or four times a day, or perpetually.
This complaint is not usually classed amongst febrile disorders, but a sensitive fever may generally be perceived to attend it during some part of the day, especially in weak patients.
When pursued he usually makes for his hole; but should his retreat be cut off, his stratagems and shifts to escape are singularly acute.
There is probably nothing in human experience, at this age of the world, that is like the helpless terror that seizes the rabbits as it does other of our lesser wild creatures, when pursued by any of the weasel tribe.
The boys tell me that a rabbit that has been driven from her hole a couple of times by a ferret will not again run into it when pursued.
The rabbit, when pursued by the fox or by the dog, quickly takes to hole.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "when pursued" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
