(1) When it transpired that he had, if not in the way he might have wanted, he and his corner leapt in the air, before the realization of the ugly mood of the crowd muted the celebrations.
(2) The company has leapt from 24 million active users and 6 million paying subscribers in March last year and is the world’s biggest music subscription service.
(3) Many leapt from the tyres they were swinging in to furrow their brows and howl in anger.
(4) When I was nine or 10 I leapt directly from Doctor Dolittle to Dr No, leaving behind all those stupid talking animals and free-falling into a far naughtier realm of suavely promiscuous government assassins, hot shell-diving beauties and villains with metal hands and messianic plans for humanity.
(5) Questioner after questioner on the government benches leapt to defend Mr Hunt from a supposed rush to judgment.
(6) When it sounded the United goalkeeper leapt to his feet and grabbed Martin Skrtel, sparking a post-match melee, before collapsing in pain once again.
(7) This week, a new survey revealed that the number of packaged accounts available has leapt by 94% over the last four years, while the average monthly fee charged has jumped from just over £10 to almost £15 – or £178 a year.
(8) Johnson's schoolfriend and Bullingdon mucker, Darius Guppy, leapt to Johnson's defence in the Spectator correct , though I use the word "defence" loosely.
(9) Hudson has always leapt about, working on titles from Fitness, to Company, to New Woman, to Maxim, to Eve.
(10) *applause* February 21, 2014 Reuters has more from the scene: After another open coffin was held aloft by the crowd, a protester wearing battle-fatigues leapt up to the microphone and triggered roars of approval as he declared: “By tomorrow we want him (Yanukovich) out!” Referring to the three opposition leaders, including boxer-turned-politician Vitaly Klitschko, who were standing behind him, the man said: “My comrade was shot and our leaders shake the hand of a murderer.
(11) The only non-Kent town in the top five was Altrincham in Greater Manchester, where asking prices leapt by 21.9% to an average of £484,258.
(12) Critics of Peña Nieto leapt on Aristegui’s removal as evidence that the president was cracking down on a dissenting voice in a country where politicians enjoy considerable impunity and are rarely subject to serious scrutiny from much of the mainstream media.
(13) Wilfried Bony then leapt above John O’Shea to meet De Bruyne’s free kick.
(14) John Terry and Ledley King leapt to meet the rebound with the ball squirting away for Mata to volley from a tight angle into the mass of bodies in the goal-mouth.
(15) And the narrower claimant count measure leapt spectacularly through the 1 million barrier to 1.07 million in November, a rise of 75,700 from October - the biggest jump since March 1991 when the economy was also heading into a deep recession.
(16) They tell me I've earned it, to keep it, to squirrel it away – but if I was in it for the money I'd have leapt at the first advertising deal offered to me almost a year ago for an upmarket butter brand, and all the 50 or so since then.
(17) In the capital, prices leapt by 3.9% in January alone, to reach an average of £336,212.
(18) The Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers , has leapt to the defence of Raheem Sterling, but insists there is no club versus country row between him and England’s manager, Roy Hodgson.
(19) Tommy Bowe scored their first try, linking brilliantly with Jared Payne down the right, before Francois van der Merwe leapt over a ruck for the second after brilliant breaks by Payne and Gilroy.
(20) When the Ebola virus reached the US last year, the public health community leapt into action to address it.
Pounced
Definition:
(a.) Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle.
(a.) Ornamented with perforations or dots.
Example Sentences:
(1) At a dinner party, say, if ever you hear a person speak of a school for Islamic children, or Catholic children (you can read such phrases daily in newspapers), pounce: "How dare you?
(2) And then with nine minutes remaining Agüero was on hand to pounce again after Aaron Cresswell inadvertently diverted Kelechi Iheanacho’s driving run into his path.
(3) Lamine Koné pounced on a knockdown from Jan Kirchhoff in the penalty area, evaded a tackle and squared for the substitute to prod home from seven yards and prompt scenes of unbridled jubilation in the away end.
(4) Just a stepover here, a Cruyff turn there, and his opponent would be destroyed ... Only in real life, Boruc stumbled and bumbled and Olivier Giroud pounced to score.
(5) January is a favoured month for banks to pounce on struggling businesses, while their tills are still full with Christmas takings.
(6) Gekas saw a shot saved by Navas but the goalkeeper could only parry and Papastathopoulos pounced.
(7) BSkyB pounces on 17.9 per cent stake, at 135 pence per share, costing £920m, blocking a potential bid from Virgin.
(8) Throughout the testing period, the latency to play, as indicated by one rat pouncing on the opponent, was significantly higher in prenatally stressed than control rats.
(9) When he went on to begin a sentence with the words, "In my layman's understanding ... " Nel pounced and said: "You see, Mr Dixon, now you call yourself a layman."
(10) Vermaelen’s attempted clearance is scruffy, and Götze pounces on it and fires off an instant shot from 15 yards.
(11) Botín's father, Emilio, executive chairman of the Santander group, was behind the takeover of Abbey National in 2004 and pounced on Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley during the 2008 banking crisis, in deals much envied by rivals.
(12) This week, the Mail pounced on another frighteningly generic cause: sitting down.
(13) Sturridge raced down the right and attempted to lay the ball across to the unmarked Suárez but José Fonte stretched to poke the ball behind just as the Uruguayan prepared to pounce.
(14) Sanchez pounces and switches the ball inside to Vidal.
(15) His passing is sweet and it is really interesting how deceitful he can be: Rodríguez can look absent from the game but can pounce and catch his markers unaware.
(16) Perhaps for all of the potential upsides there are still too many opportunities to fall foul of “death and gaffe watch” journalists waiting to pounce on a too-easily-misconstrued twitter picture.
(17) Supremely confident – although not arrogant – Norway claim they are probably the tournament’s fittest team but Isabell Herlovsen swiftly emphasised she is quick as well as athletic after pouncing on a rare Carney error.
(18) PSG had won the away leg 2-1 despite Zlatan Ibrahimovic's sending off and seemed content to sit back in an uneventful first half but the match came to life 10 minutes into the second period when Valencia's Brazilian forward Jonas pounced on a loose ball to rifle home a fierce shot from outside the penalty area.
(19) As ever, he will be razor sharp, ready to dart and pounce at just the right time, come kick-off against Fulham at Craven Cottageon Saturday, hoping for another goal to add to his wall chart.
(20) Origi read the midfielder’s intentions quicker than any home defender and pounced on the ball, held off Piszczek on the edge of the area and steered a low shot back inside Weidenfeller’s right hand post.