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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of proceed.

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Examples

  • She was sick and fainting, and could only listen to the ravishing sounds which proceeded from the cabin in a wonderful rhythm.

    LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010

  • Among the sayings and discourses imputed to him [Jesus] by his biographers, I find many passages of fine imagination, correct morality, and of the most lovely benevolence; and others again of so much ignorance, so much absurdity, so much untruth, charlatanism, and imposture, as to pronounce it impossible that such contradictions should have proceeded from the same being.

    Think Progress » Fox News Devastated Over Arrest Of ACORN Pimp, Says The Story Probably Needs ‘A Lot Of Context’ 2010

  • From the coals arose a great sizzling, which proceeded from the many mussels bursting open their shells and exuding their moisture.

    Page 4 2010

  • All of which the gutter-cat did, despite the positive evidence of her senses that this human noise had proceeded from the white bird itself on the window-sill.

    CHAPTER XX 2010

  • In the morning Henry was aroused by fervid blasphemy that proceeded from the mouth of Bill.

    The She-Wolf 2010

  • Fieu de joy fired by the troops, but found next morning that the rushing sound had proceeded from the firing a number of Congreves Rockets on the pier.

    Letter 290 2009

  • Hmmmmmmm, security had to be strengthened during the Presidential campaign after little Ms. Palin proceeded to play the politics of personal destruction with President Obamas life.

    Ethics complaints still dog Palin 2009

  • I was delighted when I first discovered that a pleasant sound, which often saluted my ears, proceeded from the throats of the little winged animals who had often intercepted the light from my eyes.

    Chapter 11 2010

  • Pointing to a piece of paper, Durbin proceeded to read two of DeMint's tweets: "'If Reid won't slow down this debate, we'll do it for him,' followed by, 'Coburn forced Dems to read 767 pg Sanders amendment, we'll do everything we can to stop this government takeover of health care.'"

    Democrats point to 'Smoking Tweet' in GOP stalling health care 2009

  • You have started from an assumption that pure proportional representation is “better” or “more fair” than the current mixed system, but your statements have all proceeded from the basis that your assumption is true – with no explanation for or justification of that core assumption.

    Matthew Yglesias » Presidential Trouble 2009

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