Noun : the course of a stream. ,in the course of a year; in the course of the battle. ,One runner fell halfway around the course. ,a course of action. ,as a matter of course; the course of a disease. ,a course of lectures; a course of medical treatments. ,a course in economics. ,The main course was roast chicken with mashed potatoes and peas.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : The blood of ancient emperors courses through his veins.    From Dictionary.com. 

Hare coursing is banned, though it's working-class.    From Wordnik.com.  [Masters of the Hunt] Reference

Feeling the adrenalin coursing through me, I struggle to retain control.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Weekly Contest: Best Hunting Story Wins a Leatherman] Reference

Go to google, type in "now i feel your name coursing through my veins lyrics" the spill canvas, lullaby.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference

They practice a method that is known as coursing, referring to the notion of spotting the prey from.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rangerrob Outdoor News and Information Magazine] Reference

Subhadra's son, that slayer of hostile heroes, beholding that sword coursing towards him, baffled it by the celerity of his movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference

A roar to heaven, then coursing through the boughs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Georgics] Reference

Well, knaves, here's a little coursing for us all.    From Wordnik.com.  [Under the Rose] Reference

Creole, and have good Scotch blood coursing in my veins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference

By Wednesday adrenaline was coursing through the exchanges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bottom Fishing] Reference

  The pain was electrical, coursing through his toes and his teeth.    From Wordnik.com.  [True Love and the Giraffe] Reference

The coursing thoughts of who I should feel most sorry for do not stop.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dual (duel) Excerpt from The Recipients] Reference

Clearly, she picked up on the corporate stress coursing through my body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cristina Carlino: The Changing Room: Staying Ageless with Your Child] Reference

With tears coursing their manly cheeks, they replied: "You did, Colonel.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive] Reference

Those are the themes coursing through a new work by composer Peter Lieberson.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lieberson's 'Songs Of Love And Sorrow' And New Life] Reference

Taoism also posits that coursing through all living things is chi, the life force.    From Wordnik.com.  [Richard Bangs: Hong Kong: Quest for the Dragon] Reference

No one really knows whether all this was coursing through Pilate's head, of course.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wrong, But Right] Reference

The Bailong river burst its banks, sending water coursing through the narrow valley.    From Wordnik.com.  [China braces for more floods as heavy rains predicted] Reference

E. Anterior jugular vein, coursing beneath sterno-mastoid muscle and over the fascia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

Each of these reflects changes in the river of hormones coursing through a woman's body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Understanding “Perimenopause”] Reference

He was on his feet, this young Marc Dupre, and the hot blood was coursing fast in his veins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

Giddy feels as if cold water is coursing down her back, the palms of her hands are icy cold.    From Wordnik.com.  [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference

Demon alcohol was ever coursing through his veins, especially before conducting his own works.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Rebirth for Classical Composer Sibelius] Reference

"Look at this picture of coursing, here is another of hawking, and now see these otter hounds.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference

The giant pipes wheeze and rumble, the whoosh of water coursing through them as noisy as a freeway.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water Surge] Reference

His rangy, opening cadenza in "Darn That Dream" wobbles sumptuously, coursing with unfiltered emotion.    From Wordnik.com.  [Von Freeman's Core Corps, Captured In Germany] Reference

And it just might help dissipate some of the anti-Washington venom that's coursing through the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [The case for breaking up Washington -- and scattering government across America] Reference

It was very subjective, of course, and heavily influenced by the poison that was coursing through my veins.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Forest of the Snake People (Part 1)] Reference

Deep cover: It's the singer's with far-flung musical cultures that's kept his blood coursing over the years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homeward Bound] Reference

Sometimes nothing can get your toes tapping and your blood coursing and your feet moving like some good ol 'Western swing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asleep at the Wheel: Driving Western Swing] Reference

American anxiety springs from something much deeper, a sense that large and disruptive forces are coursing through the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rise of the Rest] Reference

But with music coursing through his veins, he went on to become one of the jazz world's most sought-after bassists and composers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charlie Haden Returns To His Bluegrass Roots] Reference

The woman pulled her hand out leaving, the red electricity coursing through the therapist's body until there was no more movement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arcana Magi - c.10: To the Horizon] Reference

But on the valley floor, the muddy waters of the Swat River run wild, coursing through roads, towns and anything else in their path.    From Wordnik.com.  [U.S. builds goodwill with quick assistance in Pakistani flooding] Reference

Still, the U. S.-driven strategy of confrontation truly seems designed to exacerbate all the worst trends coursing through the region.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iran Follies] Reference

I wasn't late to my internship, and I had so much coffee coursing through my veins that my hands were unpleasantly shaky, but I was awake.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Wiener-Bronner: Work a Little, Play a Little, Sleep a Lot] Reference

       The little girl stares at me, eyes wide with horror, blood coursing down her pale legs and forming a black puddle beneath her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fall] Reference

He now felt coursing through his veins the lightness which all writers of his kind feel when they have labored on a work they believe good.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference