pounce
verb (used without object)
to swoop down suddenly and grasp, as a bird does in seizing its prey.
pouncingly
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a word derived from
pounce.
Example Sentences
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Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
From The Bat by Avery Hopwood
He said, pouncingly, "You're running on, inconsequently, just to divert my mind from asking you again who or what Touclé is."
From The Brimming Cup by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
