high jumping
- a word derived from high jump.
Example Sentences
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The reclining Rees-Mogg was superimposed dancing with the 1980s ska band Madness, high-jumping the Fosbury flop and dropped on to the sofas of The Simpsons and Friends – renamed “No Friends”.
From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2019
The addition of the 6-foot-5 Pryor changes the dynamic, as does the return of high-jumping Josh Doctson from injury.
From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2017
Other record breakers added to the list include the longest pet cat and a high-jumping llama.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2016
There was the high-jumping Larry Nance Jr. dunking over John Henson, a play that brought his teammates off the bench in the third quarter.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2015
To have flourished in that golden time you need not be dead now, nor even middle-aged; but it is Wyoming mythology already—quite as fabulous as the high-jumping cow.
From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen
