Leaped

Examples

• Gerald suddenly let go the horse and leaped forwards, almost on to Gudrun. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• A fish leaped secretly, revealing the light in the pond. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The cat leaped down and ripped at a bundle of rags with her tigerish claws, with a sound that it set my teeth on edge to hear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He sprang down from the platform and grasped her roughly by the arm, but scarcely had he touched her than I leaped between them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• She had meant to put him off with a word--but now her heart leaped at the thought of seeing him. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• In another second the boat was in deep water, and Dick, who had never let go the gunwale, leaped in with Alexandros. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• At the instant he fell a remarkable item of natural history leaped to his mind. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• With a bound the black leaped entirely over the rushing beast and turning with incredible swiftness planted a second arrow in Horta's back. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• He might have leaped back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The gentleman said not another word, but, opening the chaise-door, leaped out, and taking Oliver hurriedly by the arm, led him aside. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Quickly he unslung his bow and fitted a well-daubed arrow, and as Sabor sprang, the tiny missile leaped to meet her in mid-air. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Unable longer to resist the temptation to escape this horrible place I leaped quickly through the opening into the starlight of a clear Arizona night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• As quick as a flash there leaped to his mind nine Martian sounds, but as quickly faded as he answered that this was a secret he must not divulge. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Scarcely waiting for their craft to touch, the creatures manning them leaped among the therns with the fury of demons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Riderhood knew when a fish leaped, by his starting and glancing round. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In the midst of dinner, my mistress's favourite cat leaped into her lap. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• His heart leaped for joy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• If, while she gazed, a shadow bent between the light and lattice, her heart leaped. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Like a lurking reptile it leaped up at me as she eagerly bent forward towards the place in which I was sitting. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A large grey cat leaped from some neighbouring shelf on his shoulder and startled us all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• With a jolt it stopped before the cottage, and a black-haired giant leaped out to run up onto the porch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Like some wild being of the woods, he leaped here and there from very light-heartedness, with his head bare and his arms tossing in the air. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The tall man leaped over, just there; and the Jew, running a few paces to the right, crept through that gap. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Phineas easily leaped the chasm, and sat down the boy on a smooth, flat platform of crisp white moss, that covered the top of the rock. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She jumped down from the van before he was aware, when Venn unhooked the lantern and leaped down after her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• In like manner the Thark wheeled and leaped for the opening being made by the inswinging section. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• The stranger leaped. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• One man went mad and leaped overboard. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The fire leaped out like a wild beast from its lair. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The thought leaped through me like the fire leaping out of the shattered skylight. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.

Typed by Kevin