leaped
Example Sentences
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Superman Leaped 40 years' worth of tall buildings on the printed page before he landed his first feature film, in 1978.
From Time Magazine Archive
When lo! a flame, A wavy flame of ruddy light Leaped up, the farmyard fence above.
From The Book of Hallowe'en by Kelley, Ruth Edna
Lives there man, who would have striven, Reckless thus of storm and sword; Leaped into the gulf, and given Heart and soul, to please his Lord?
From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Then, not limb by limb, With toil and strain, but rising at a bound Leaped from the earth erect the living man.
From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
But Cato's soul Leaped in his breast, impatient of delay, To pass the Syrtes by a landward march, And trusting to their swords, 'gainst tribes unknown To lead his legions.
From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan
