leaping

Example Sentences

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Francisco Calvo tied the score off a corner kick in the 42nd minute, outleaping a Canadian defender and redirecting the ball past Borjan.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2017

Chris Bosh grabs the errant shot, just barely outleaping the Spurs’ Manu Ginobili, whose maximal effort leaves him sprawled out underneath the basket.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2013

The simplicity of one runner beating another, one jumper outleaping another or one swimmer outstroking another--all provide a basic answer to an almost atavistic question: Who is swiftest?

From Time Magazine Archive

Solemn thoughts outleaping life, immortal aspirations of my soul toward your soul.

From The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman by Gilchrist, Anne Burrows

Miss Gibbie leaned over and with the poker broke a large lump of coal, making it blaze and roar in licking, outleaping flames.

From Miss Gibbie Gault by Bosher, Kate Langley