pounce in English

noun
1
a sudden swoop or spring.
The time between the pounce and the jump seemed an eternity, although it was only seconds.
2
a fine resinous powder formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on unglazed paper or to prepare parchment to receive writing.
verb
1
(of an animal or bird of prey) spring or swoop suddenly so as to catch prey.
the wolf pounced on the rat
noun
verb

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "pounce" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "pounce", or refer to the context using the word "pounce" in the English Dictionary.

1. The lion crouched ready to pounce.

2. Local politicians are quick to pounce on any trouble.

3. Women may flirt, but men pounce.

4. They pounce , swat , scratch , and bite .

5. We saw the tiger about to pounce .

6. No quick steps, no pounce, no final curtain.

7. Alan Knott is denied the chance to pounce.

8. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.

9. They sense any weakness, they pounce like jungle cats.

10. Teachers are quick to pounce on students' grammatical errors.

11. Why do you pounce on every single thing I say?

12. To pounce on their opponents, moreover, seemed the best defence.

13. The cat was hiding in the bushes, ready to pounce.

14. Opponents pounce on you like a lion that skipped breakfast.

15. 10 The cat was hiding in the bushes, ready to pounce.

16. 3 A tabby cat was poised to pounce at any second.

17. We hide behind the bush, ready to pounce on the intruder.

18. We hid behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.

19. He crouched on the ground, like an animal ready to pounce.

20. Be readyto pounce on ill - advised decisions , poor judgment and bad timing.

21. The police were waiting to pounce when he arrived at the airport.

22. The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes.

23. We hid himself behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.

24. This is the kind of careless mistake on which examiners love to pounce.

25. She looked like a sleek, tawny cat about to pounce on its prey.

26. Want to be wild? Pounce on animal-print western Booties for fierce style

27. You try to nab even so much as a purse snatcher, and they'll pounce.

28. We hid himself behind the bushes,[http://Sentencedict.com] ready to pounce on the intruder.

29. Still, critics are ready to pounce on any potential maneuver around the federal limits.

30. He loves to play with or pounce on anything that's round or that moves.

31. I think if she were given the opportunity to work here, she'd pounce on it.

32. He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.

33. Passepartout was ready to pounce upon the American, who was staring insolently at his opponent.

34. Policemen were hiding themselves in the corners of the bank, ready pounce on the thieves.

35. The boss was ready to pounce on the typist when she made the slightest mistake.

36. He made up his mind to do this, and was about to pounce on the cat.

37. If you make a single mistake, he will pounce on you and say you're a fool.

38. Foxes and other hunting animals need to know how far to pounce to catch their prey.

39. If you make a single mistake, Delia will pounce on you and say you're a fool.

40. Policemen were hiding themselves in the corners of the bank, ready to pounce on the thieves.

41. 11 Policemen were hiding themselves in the corners of the bank, ready to pounce on the thieves.

42. Tumbling among themselves like kittens, they wrestle, pounce on their playmates, and jump about in the tall grass.

43. If the snake so much as hiccups as the rat inches along, the market analysts and social prognosticators pounce.

44. The midfielder's dangerous cross was put just past the post by defender Andrius Skerla with Larsson waiting to pounce.

45. On one side are those who pounce on any scandal as evidence that they are unable to stop crooks.

46. She is ready to pounce at the phone when it rings because she is worried about her husband's where about.

47. Candy would pounce on that like a terrier, demanding to know why she didn't just tell him to get lost.

48. No doubt ready to pounce with a flurry of accusatory questions when all we' re trying to do is save his bacon

49. Jehovah thus likened sin to a predator waiting to pounce on Cain if he persisted in nursing a grudge against his brother.

50. While Buteos actually have a fairly varied diet that can include smaller birds, insects, and carrion, they are built to pounce down on unsuspecting mice, squirrels