POUNCE in a Sentence

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30 example sentences for POUNCE, such as:

1. The bird pounced on the worm.
2. We saw the tiger pouncing on a goat.
3. We hid behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.
4. The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below.
5. We hid himself behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.

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 Meanings and Examples of POUNCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pounce
 v.  attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something
Classic Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1  "Yes," answered Scarlett fiercely, ready to pounce upon the old lady at the first words of condemnation.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
2  In life but few of them would have helped the whale, I ween, if peradventure he had needed it; but upon the banquet of his funeral they most piously do pounce.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.
3  Pausing at one time to look about him he saw, out at some black water, a small animal pounce in and emerge directly with a gleaming fish.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  He paused, ready to pounce upon any man who might have the temerity to reply.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
5  He thought that the slow movements might mean that he was preparing to pounce, as cats do.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
6  When cats are preparing to pounce they creep over the ground very slowly.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  The count, with outstretched neck and glaring eyes, stood in an attitude ready to pounce upon Morrel upon the first occasion.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 105. The Cemetery of Pere-la-Chaise.
8  I was not long in coming to myself; everything came back to my mind at once, without an effort, as though it had been in ambush to pounce upon me again.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VI
9  It looked as if Milka would immediately pounce on the hare, but she overtook him and flew past.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI
10  They pounce on the idea, and distort it, and then work it out so pettily and unworthily.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 32
11  On the other hand, the stately form of the Norman appeared to dilate in magnitude, like that of the eagle, which ruffles up its plumage when about to pounce on its defenceless prey.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  A young man, looking distraught, pounced down on the ladies, asking them to move aside.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XVI
13  Mary Hendrikhovna assented and began looking for the spoon which someone meanwhile had pounced on.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER XIII
14  The officer pounced on the soldiers who were in the shops, but at that moment fearful screams reached them from the huge crowd on the Moskva bridge and the officer ran out into the square.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 11: CHAPTER XXI
15  The Elfin suddenness with which she pounced upon me with this question, and a searching look, quite disconcerted me for a moment.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
Example Sentence:
1  Policemen were hiding themselves in the corners of the bank, ready to pounce on the thieves.
2  We hid himself behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.
3  The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below.
4  The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes.
5  We hid behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.
6  He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera.
7  The bird pounced on the worm.
8  My teacher unerringly pounced on the one typographical error in my essay.
9  We saw the tiger pouncing on a goat.