Example Sentences

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Superman Leaped 40 years' worth of tall buildings on the printed page before he landed his first feature film, in 1978.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sheathed in bright arms, proud Tarquitus in scorn, Whom Dryope the nymph, if fame be true, To Faunus, ranger of the woods, had borne, Leaped forth, and at the fiery Dardan flew.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Full early into dark the twilights saddened Within its closéd doors; The echoes, with the clock’s monotony maddened, Leaped loud in welcome from the hollow floors; XIII.

From Poems by Howells, William Dean

Then he flung the reins to Arjun, left the steeds and sounding car, Leaped upon the field of battle, rushed into the dreadful war!

From Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse by Dutt, Romesh

Flash of harness in the air, Seen a moment like the glare Of a sword drawn from its sheath; Thus the phantom horseman passed, And the shadow that he cast Leaped the cataract underneath.

From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various