dash ahead

Example Sentences

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“There’s a lot of adrenaline,” said Mike Holzberg, a retiree from Scottsdale who was one of about 100 people to dash ahead of the bulls on Friday night.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2011

He was wont to allow his mustang's nose to hang over the hind rails of wagons and buggies containing young couples, and to dash ahead of sober carryalls that held elderly "members in good standing."

From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret

I made a dash ahead of Abby, and opened the door.

From The Other Side of the Door by Pfeifer, Herman

The rabbit makes a dash ahead and a double or two, and then halts, usually at the mouth of a hole: perhaps to breathe.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

She could do nothing now but dash ahead blindly.

From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston