lunge
noun
a sudden forward thrust, as with a sword or knife; stab.
have lunged
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present perfectof lunge.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Ten-year Treasury yields have lunged back close to 4% over the past 24 hours, more than 30 basis points below Friday's peak.
From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2022
A lot of opportunities that I would have lunged at years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019
Had they hooted I should have lunged on in my unconsciousness of their interruption.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
The English lad woke up instantly, and he would have lunged out with a clenched fist if Dave had not caught hold of his arm.
From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Robert Sydney Bowen
La Mole could not have lunged on Coconnas "after deceiving circle;" for the parry was not invented except by your immortal Chicot, a genius in advance of his time.
From Letters to Dead Authors by Andrew Lang
