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

Why, we were riding along when all at once I took a dash ahead of Peggy, just for sport.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

Then he would dash ahead as though the very furies were after him.

From The Automobile Girls at Washington Checkmating the Plots of Foreign Spies by Crane, Laura Dent

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

From The Other Side of the Door by Pfeifer, Herman

Ned, with the instinct of a quick runner, started to dash ahead.

From Ned Wilding's Disappearance or, The Darewell Chums in the City by Chapman, Allen