high dive
Example Sentences
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Last week Collins had talked about a funny memory with the Wolverines, how Harbaugh finished a spring practice by doing a cannonball off the high dive at the school’s pool.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025
“Poguemahone” is like a high dive: The toughest part of reading it might be convincing your feet to leave the board.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022
He was often faulted for dipping his toe into mature themes without risking a high dive into full-scale tragedy, and not risking more politically or socially daring plays.
From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2018
Graduating back then felt a bit like leaping off a high dive only to realize someone had drained the water out of the pool.
From Slate • May 23, 2018
I drew in my breath as if I were standing on a high dive and took a tentative step toward her, still in the dense shade, still hidden, still safe.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
