bounding
Example Sentences
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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
His passion for her grows to such a pitch that he starts bounding up stairs instead of crawling over them like a mollycoddled toddler.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024
Why had he never appreciated what a miracle he was, brain and nerve and bounding heart?
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
