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• Trump then used his free hand to lunge towards Bobby Engel, and, when Mr.2022 June 28, Cassidy Hutchinson, 0:47 from the start, in Secret Service officials: Agents willing to dispute Trump SUV incident under…. From the entry clavicle
• My little dog was leashed to a bush, lunging and barking.2014, Linda O. Johnston, Lost under a Ladder, Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN. From the entry ladder
• If the leash came loose, her lunge could send her tumbling down the mountainside.2014, Linda O. Johnston, Lost under a Ladder, Woodbury, Minn.: Midnight Ink, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN. From the entry ladder
• With a lunge in tierce, Riccoboni slashed at the small man by his side.2010, Donna Russo Morin, The Secret of the Glass, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry shink
• “Gr-r-r-r!” from Doctor Sims, lunging for the saltcellar as it skated away.2004 July 2 (reprint date; date of first publication unknown), Hugh McAlister, The Flight of the Silver Ship: Around the World Aboard a…. From the entry dicacious
• The next ball, the same thing, lunge and miss and through to the 'keeper.1990, Ashes: Battles and Bellylaughs, Byron Bay: Swan Publishing, page 47. From the entry 'keeper
• “Boy, what a dressful!” He pretended to lunge at her like an animal.1957, Leon Arden, The Savage Place - Volume 1664, page 26. From the entry dressful
• After a time he decided that Sinbad needed lunging, and an eggbutt snaffle with a drop noseband.1956, Christine Pullein-Thompson, The First Rosette. From the entry eggbutt
• The big mongrel, in agony, snarled and made a lunge at his irritatingly dancing tormentor.1922, Albert Payson Terhune, Further Adventures of Lad. From the entry grazingly
• Finally, he saw Gaige Grosskreutz lunge at him and point a pistol at his head, so Rittenhouse shot him, he testified.2021 November 10, Kyle Rittenhouse testifies he knew Joseph Rosenbaum was unarmed but acted in self-defense during fatal shooting, CNN. From the entry Gaige
• James Stark, founder of Starks Fitness, says it involves “a basic push-pull pattern”; for the lower body, squats, lunges, split squats.2020 September 19, Zoe Williams, “Fit in my 40s: my muscles are in terminal decline. Can I rebuild them on my own?”, in The Guardian. From the entry split squat
• The boated Pikey makes a series of tailstands as it lunges about, biting at feet, bags, hands, creels and thwarts.2015, E.M. Grant, Grant's Guide to Fishes: The Fisherman's Bible, →ISBN. From the entry pikey
• As he looks to get a shot away, a clumsy, lunging scissor tackle by Ledley King drags him to the ground.2013, Steve Mingle, From Balti Pies to the Biggest Prize: The Rebirth of Manchester City. From the entry scissor tackle
• Then, not thirty feet beyond, a sudden panicky lunge to the side by his horse spilled him from the saddle.2007, Eric Flint, David Weber, 1634: The Baltic War. From the entry spill
• Maxwell made a lunge at his flabbergasted guest, who ducked just in time to escape the great hands reaching for him.1952, Agnes Morley Cleaveland., Satan's Paradise: from Lucien Maxwell to Fred Lambert, Houghton-Mifflin. From the entry flabbergasted
• Packing on 12lbs of lean muscle in under four months through hard toil, including front squats and lunges – plus dumbbells, obv.2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health. From the entry obv
• For the past 18 months my friend Kate lunges all the horses and does all the yard work when I'm rostered on.2019 March 4, “Inspiring Women: Eventer Laurelle Hayes”, in Kentaur Australia. From the entry rostered on
• Just like he did when he reffed our clash with Chelsea when he failed to send off Eto'o for a kneehigh lunge on Henderson.2014, Neil Collins, Make Us Dream: A Fan's View of the 2013/14 Season, →ISBN, page 271. From the entry send off
• Not you again,’ spits Sergeant Dave Brougham, walking in off the street to start duty, and Trina immediately lunges forward into the virabhadrasana yoga pose.2006, James Hawkins, Deadly Sin, page 141. From the entry virabhadrasana
• Deobra Redden, 31, was caught on camera in January jumping over a desk and lunging at Judge Mary Kay Holthus, who was sentencing him in another case.2024 December 11, “The courtroom attack that led to 26 years in prison”, in BBC. From the entry mary
• Ana sat down, and it was all she could do not to lunge at the steaming pelmeny dumplings and golden pirozhky oozing with potatoes and minced beef.2021, Amélie Wen Zhao, chapter 15, in Red Tigress (Blood Heir Trilogy; 2), London: HarperVoyager, published 2022, →ISBN, page 134. From the entry pirozhky
• George Landers, a manufacturer from New Britain, Conn., built No. 51, with porch-fence cutouts of horses, rabbits and swans; tiny dragon heads lunge out from the delicate spindlework.2009 August 23, Christopher Gray, “The President Was Here (Grant, That Is)”, in New York Times. From the entry spindlework
• At a timed signal the shelling ceased and the ghostly line of gas-masked Germans sprang forward, firing, lunging and tearing at the parapets on the outer edge of the cemetery.1915 July 13, “Germans Win Bitter Fight Near Souchez”, in The Commercial Appeal, volume XCIV, number 13, Memphis, Tenn., page 3. From the entry gas-masked

Meaning of lunge

1. noun A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
2. noun A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
3. noun An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.

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Questions about lunge in a sentence

How do you use lunge in a sentence?

Lunge is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.”

What is a short sentence with lunge?

“My little dog was leashed to a bush, lunging and barking.”

What does lunge mean?

Lunge means a sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.