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

Those in the slower buckboard, whose tired team could ill afford any gait beyond a walk, saw him set spurs to his horse and dash ahead.

From Heart's Desire by Hough, Emerson

The men hail it with joyful cries, the soldiers dash ahead, the pack-animals prick their ears and quicken their steps to an amble.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Jebb, Louisa

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

From The Other Side of the Door by Pfeifer, Herman

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