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

Hudson:" "At the command, the submarines will dash ahead at full speed, each making its best time.

From The Submarine Boys and the Middies The Prize Detail at Annapolis by Durham, Victor G.

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

But Saul would not be his own hero, and said briefly: "Any man can be brave when the battle-fever is on him, and it only takes a little physical courage to dash ahead."

From Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Alcott, Louisa May