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

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

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

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

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

From The Other Side of the Door by Pfeifer, Herman