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 realized that unless he stopped the maddened steer it would dash ahead on into the locomotive.

From Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range by Young, Clarence

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

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

As a nation we Americans are far too prone to dash ahead and expect results all in a minute.

From The Story of Porcelain by Bassett, Sara Ware