pounce upon
Example Sentences
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By playing directly, even if Liverpool lose the initial duel, they are well placed to pounce upon second balls.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
You can pounce upon that stuff, screenshot it, and declare it the thematic takeaway if you want.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2015
The most subordinate females would “at times pounce upon a dominant male and snatch a tamarind pod from his hand, cuffing him over the ear in the process,” she added.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2014
Some people may pounce upon such an assertion as anachronistic, but you convincingly argue that my novels are forerunners of a 20th-century academic discipline.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 25, 2013
"Well, you know quite well,” said Merlyn, "that the shrew-mouse you pounce upon squeals out Kweek! That is why the young of your species call Kee-wick.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
