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lunge

noun as in pounce

verb as in pounce, dive for

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There’s a power component to every movement we make, whether that’s a ski turn, a quick jump over a felled tree, or a lunge for a distant climbing hold.

To increase the intensity, he suggests performing lunges or step-ups with weights or a backpack.

Trying to grab objects on the ground required an awkward lunge.

Even in the pre-recorded classes, I didn’t want to let him down by not pedaling at the right speed or phoning it in on my alternating lunges.

Other solid choices are bodyweight squats and lunges, single-leg deadlifts, pushups, forearm planks, and hollow holds.

I imagine he made an ungainly lunge at her, which she again rejected and which left her seriously upset.

Dawn Hochsprung was a beloved principal who lost her life trying to lunge at the gunman.

Think like a fencer: parry on Medicare; lunge at the stimulus.

In effect, what I did was lunge and force the issue, thereby ruining the mood.

From the movement behind him Marius guessed almost by instinct that Garnache had drawn back for a lunge.

Althotas eyed the speaker like a fencer watching his antagonist make a lunge which lays him open to defeat.

But this only exasperated the old man the more, and he made a lunge at the confidence man's throat.

It whipped around and made a lunge at Songbird's foot, but the youth was too nimble and leaped on the bed.

As Scotty yelled, Colin vaguely—for everything seemed reeling about him—saw Hank lunge with the long steel lance.

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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lunge, such as: charge, cut, jab, jump, pass, and spring.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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