Leaped Sentence Examples

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  • He leaped from his horse.

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  • She leaped from the couch and darted into the kitchen.

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  • He leaped away from her.

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  • Cade leaped from the couch as she entered.

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  • Brush crackled near the edge of the forest and then a deer leaped into the open.

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  • The icy water tickled her toes as it leaped over her feet and danced around the rocks.

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  • But before the whip could reply, the hare, scenting the frost coming next morning, was unable to rest and leaped up.

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  • Her heart leaped and then plunged with his next words.

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  • He kept looking over the edge, his complexion paling when a rock leaped over the edge and bounced its way to the bottom.

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  • Carmen lunged at him and he leaped straight into the air, dropping the chicken.

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  • She screamed and leaped back before she realized it was Alex.

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  • Soon thereafter, they heard the howl of a wolf, and a large black creature leaped from one of the windows of the house into the snow.

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  • When the gods showed they clearly favored Romulus, Remus became angry and leaped the trenches to attack his brother.

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  • An interesting feature of the show is that, while the people in the episode see Sam as whoever he's leaped into, the viewer still sees him as Sam.

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  • An Indian on a painted horse leaped through the opening.

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  • The rabbit leaped into the air, and bolted across the field, his white tail visible above the tall grass with each bound.

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  • She nestled herself comfortably in Dorothy's lap until the kitten gave a snarl of jealous anger and leaped up with a sharp claw fiercely bared to strike Billina a blow.

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  • Most have not delved six feet beneath the surface, nor leaped as many above it.

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  • This wide array of hair products that protect and highlight individual hair types has quickly leaped to the top of the industry, appearing on the shelves of fine retailers like Nordstrom, Sephora, Neiman Marcus and Saks.

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  • Like Emma Watson, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Carrie Fisher, Hayden Panettiere has leaped to the top of the "obsessed about" heap thanks to her work in science fiction and fantasy.

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  • Cynthia asked, cutting the game short as Mrs. Lincoln leaped into her lap, purring like a buzz saw.

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  • Dean leaped from his bed and charged up the stairs to Edith Shipton's room!

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  • They sprinted across the floor and leaped up to the elevated platforms, poking their soft muzzles into the stanchions to gobble the grain.

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  • She leaped from the bed and struggled into her jeans, tucking her nightgown in while she grabbed her boots.

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  • He posed for their cameras and finally leaped from one ledge to another along the face of the cliff until he disappeared over the lip and into the forest above them.

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  • From now on she intended to talk things over with him before she leaped into it.

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  • Grasping the handle of the machete, she half fell, half leaped behind the log.

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  • One name, and one alone, leaped to men's thoughts, that of Bonaparte.

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  • Brandishing a huge knife, with which he wounded Colonel Rathbone who attempted to hold him, the assassin rushed through the stage-box to the front and leaped down upon the stage, escaping behind the scenes and from the rear of the building, but was pursued, and twelve days afterwards shot in a barn where he had concealed himself.

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  • When Dionysus leaped into the sea to escape from the pursuit of Lycurgus, king of the Thracian Edones, and Hephaestus was flung out of heaven by Zeus, both were kindly received by Thetis.

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  • As soon as the questioning spirit arose, the strangeness of many statements in the book leaped into view.

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  • Like Heracles when he leaped into the belly of the monster which was about to swallow Hesione, the Mantis once jumped down the throat of a hostile elephant, and so destroyed him.

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  • He leaned forward as the horse leaped, and then back as he slowed it down, then sideways at an impossible angle as it scrambled around the barrel.

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  • Her heart leaped into a gallop as she stared at Len.

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  • The rabbit thumped the ground once and then leaped into the air, its tail flashing in the sunlight as it lashed out with its hind legs.

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  • Since Mr Souter returned to the helm, shares in the once ailing company have leaped from 10p in July 2002 to 77p.

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  • I kept bursting into song - O Sio Mio or whatever leaped from by bass baritone chest and echoed around the walls.

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  • Troops then leaped onto the enemy ship and engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.

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  • I sprang to my feet and leaped, stamping the coracle under the water.

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  • Rapidly tiring of office drudgery, he leaped at the chance to head the publishing firm which was founded in 1809.

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  • I pressed myself flat on the sledge until whoosh -- The wolf leaped over me and sank its jaws Into my horse's hindquarters.

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  • A Jacobite trooper supposedly leaped 18 ft across the gorge to escape the redcoats.

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  • On the field the Swifts players leaped about like winning cup finalists, joined at the final whistle by their slightly screwy manager.

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  • Could he not have claimed that the opposing player leaped at his fist and deliberately smashed his face into Johnson's knuckles.

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  • He leaped out of Hodges pocket and attacked a motionless tasmanian tiger.

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  • But the phrase ' inoperable cancer ' had leaped unbidden into Kate's mind and was rolling relentlessly around in there.

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  • The flames leaped up at once and the bonfire began to smoke and roar and crackle just as the great army of wooden Gargoyles arrived.

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  • He leaped into the saddle, and away he dashed with his officers close behind him.

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  • Like a bird let loose, his horse leaped forward.

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  • Now, how was Arion saved from drowning when he leaped overboard?

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  • He put the bag of money on top of them and then leaped into the water.

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  • The woodman stirred the fire until the flames leaped high and the sparks flew out of the roof hole.

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  • I had just sunk my head on this when the bells rung fire, and in hot haste the engines rolled that way, led by a straggling troop of men and boys, and I among the foremost, for I had leaped the brook.

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  • Pierre leaped up from the sofa and rushed staggering toward her.

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  • In the middle of the wood a brown hare with white feet sprang out and, scared by the tramp of the many horses, grew so confused that it leaped along the road in front of them for some time, arousing general attention and laughter, and only when several voices shouted at it did it dart to one side and disappear in the thicket.

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  • Could he not have claimed that the opposing player leaped at his fist and deliberately smashed his face into Johnson 's knuckles.

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  • But the phrase ' inoperable cancer ' had leaped unbidden into Kate 's mind and was rolling relentlessly around in there.

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  • So with coaching from Al, Sam does his best, eventually completes the assignment, and is then immediately leaped into a new life and a new predicament.

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  • She leaped back from the suitcase, paralyzed with fear.

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  • He leaped up on the stanchion.

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  • Paul Taylor struck the kick to the right but Marine's debutant goalkeeper, Mike Stewart, leaped to push the ball away.

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  • The pal leaped off when a policeman appeared and it transpired he had a pocket full of stolen jewels.

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  • Now they leaped up as one, and danced a merry jig.

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  • Then he leaped into the air and flew toward the landing strip.

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  • Once again captain Duncan leaped into action like a comic book superhero, with Susie his girl wonder at his side in our tender.

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  • Courageously he leaped into the Ouse, which is known to be particularly treacherous in this spot, but was unable to find him.

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  • The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose in the city.

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  • Thus we find in Homer, but not in the later language (a) The second aorist middle without the " thematic " E or as g - was struck; Ec/Oc-ro, perished; aA-To, leaped.

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  • He leaped from his hiding place and clasped it round its neck.

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  • The fire leaped into life; the flames encircled me so that in a moment my clothes were blazing.

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  • So my little heart leaped high with eager excitement when I knew that my wish was at last to be realized.

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  • At length the wind rose, the mist increased, and the waves began to run, and the perch leaped much higher than before, half out of water, a hundred black points, three inches long, at once above the surface.

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  • I "hooked" the apples, leaped the brook, and scared the musquash and the trout.

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  • Leaped a fearful place; what a sight when they rushed from the covert... the horse worth a thousand rubles and the rider beyond all price!

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  • His horse by habit made as if to nip his leg, but Petya leaped quickly into the saddle unconscious of his own weight and, turning to look at the hussars starting in the darkness behind him, rode up to Denisov.

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  • She leaped from her bed, the book falling to the floor unnoticed.

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  • The pace increased until a horse leaped over the wagon tongue and into the circle.

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  • Her gaze tried to outrun the headlights and then followed the broken line on the highway as it leaped from the dark and shot forward, disappearing under the truck.

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  • Dean leaped on Shipton, clawing away at the soft snow, pummeling him like an eighth grade schoolyard brawler while Shipton, still clutching his ice ax in one hand, swung at Dean, catching him on the cheek and face with the side of the solid handle.

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  • She instantly leaped to the side and rolled away from the animal, glancing up as the rifle belched flames.

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  • She leaped off the window seat and dashed for the phone, catching it on the second ring.

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  • Two lambs followed their mother as the ewe leaped from one ledge to another.

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  • Then the pup leaped up and grabbed a mouthful of Cherokee's belly fur and hung on.

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  • She clicked her teeth (Karay no longer had her by the throat), leaped with a movement of her hind legs out of the gully, and having disengaged herself from the dogs, with tail tucked in again, went forward.

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  • The gargoyle leaped through, landing with a thud on the floor.

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  • Based on these admirable qualities, it's easy to see why many pet product manufacturers have leaped onto the silica boat and produced this type of cat litter.

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  • While hunting, the huntsman encountered a fierce wolf who leaped at the hunter's throat.

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  • He winds up right in the middle of a situation he knows nothing about, with everyone around him reacting to him as the person whose life he's leaped into.

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  • Grabbing her canteen and a feed sack, she leaped from the wagon.

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  • Cynthia fairly leaped away from Cade, her face flaming.

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  • June leaped into July and Random gave birth to a little filly for Jonathan.

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  • Josh pulled his truck through the gate and leaped out, grabbing his shotgun from the rack behind the seat.

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