bounding
Example Sentences
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She worried this new song—a three-minute romp set to a bounding rhythm in the fashion of Michael Jackson’s “The Way You Make Me Feel”—was overdoing it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Normally those events are covered by the Lord Lieutenant, but he came bounding out larger than life.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
The last decade has seen a harlequinade of big shots, celebrities, pundits and politicians bounding across the proscenium wearing stage makeup and playing different characters successively, like Peter Sellers in “Dr. Strangelove.”
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
The recently promoted soloist expanded his choreography’s bounding and spinning challenges into a dimension all his own—when sprung in the air, he hung there, still; when grounded by turns, he rotated like some serene tornado.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
She didn't think of what it was like for me when Jennifer came bounding over after she got back from the beach so we could go to the community center to check the cast list.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
