dash ahead

Example Sentences

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“There’s a lot of adrenaline,” said Mike Holzberg, a retiree from Scottsdale who was one of about 100 people to dash ahead of the bulls on Friday night.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2011

"God bless the royal lady!" returned he of the foul anchors and gay shawl, while the swift ferry-boat continued to dash ahead.

From The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas by Cooper, James Fenimore

He realized that unless he stopped the maddened steer it would dash ahead on into the locomotive.

From Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range by Young, Clarence

The rabbit makes a dash ahead and a double or two, and then halts, usually at the mouth of a hole: perhaps to breathe.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

He was wont to allow his mustang's nose to hang over the hind rails of wagons and buggies containing young couples, and to dash ahead of sober carryalls that held elderly "members in good standing."

From Trent's Trust, and Other Stories by Harte, Bret