How To Use Lunge In A Sentence

He slowly depressed the plunger and once the syringe was empty, withdrew the needle and stepped back.
At this point we must trace our way back, pass through the flowering shrubs and plunge into the shade of a little wood. The Education of a Gardener
A couple of times her footholds cracked and she plunged a few heart-stopping feet, but luckily she grabbed another hold.
Gabrielle had a sudden urge to plunge into the cool lake like before.
US Treasury markets capitalized on the equity plunge, surging during the afternoon session.

The muskrat was a very good swimmer, indeed, and as soon as she reached the water she plunged in and swam about, to show Sammie and Susie how it ought to be done. Sammie and Susie Littletail
Stay, look at this, "continued he, replying by a thrust in" seconde "to a straight thrust;" if I had lunged, I should have spitted you like a lark. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental
lunger" out here, and I didn't relish the idea of sleeping in a tuberculous bed. The Prairie Wife
Plunged in darkness again, the man, whom Rose had called unimaginative, suffered all the untold agony of soul which had been hers during the moment in which she had been forced to make up her mind and carry out the act, only his anguish was the more intense, for hers was the quick action and his the forced inaction of a man bound to a stake, within full sight of a tragedy being enacted upon a loved one. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands
Although peeling isn't essential because this variety has a rather thin skin, it is an easy matter to plunge them into boiling water, drain and then slip off the skins.
These two also work to stabilize the legs and help maintain correct knee tracking in exercises like the seesaw lunge so you can maximize the work of the other muscles involved.
Her car swerved and plunged off the cliff.
The unemployment rate plunged sharply.
So we plunge into its dingy maze with a hopeful and daring sensation of truantry. Times, Sunday Times
John lunged forward and grabbed him by the throat.
Instruments and scores were in scarce supply in a country about to plunge into civil war. Times, Sunday Times
The rocks are deformed into kilometre-scale monoclinal folds, the axes of which plunge moderately to steeply north northwest.
He is the lawyer who plunged the Scottish Executive into a compensation crisis by successfully challenging slopping out in prisons.
Then lunge forwards with one leg. The Sun
She looked towards the Archdeacon and recognised the signs of some one about to take the plunge.
The two are plunged into a murky world of murder, politics and conspiracies. Times, Sunday Times
His furious lunge at the snapper has sullied his clean-cut image. The Sun
But consumer confidence has plunged by the biggest amount for two years on fears over tax hikes and Government spending cuts. The Sun
A man dressed as an angel jumps through a hole in the ice, into a frozen lake, while taking part in the Polar Plunge at the "Frozen Dead Guy Days" festival in Nederland, Colorado March 10, 2007.
With that, she took the plunge into the Thames and was soon among her fellow athletes, bobbing along like beads cast into the water.
Two soccer fans plunged to their deaths after a heavy drinking session.
Yet a sharp recent retreat in commodity prices, which has seen oil prices plunge some $20 in just three weeks to around $68, suggests the disinflation trend is likely to persist.
In the U.S. you can get some pretty great decaf from a number of sources: the aforementioned Terroir Coffee for lighter roasts, and for deeply-roasted plunger pot or espresso-style decaf try the Sumatra or any other decaf from Peets (www. peets.com). Buying and brewing good coffee in Mexico
So we can now say about hypotyposes that when they are schematic, they are natural, that is, they are plunged in space and time and in the natural world. Seeing Is Reading
For some years I have been thinking of buying a word processor but have not yet taken the plunge.
The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.
On average, we consumed more fruit and less vegetables last year, with the potato seeing the biggest plunge in terms of demand.
That was until we donned our scuba gear and plunged in. The Sun
At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness.
The light went out, and the room was plunged into darkness.
She took a deep breath and plunged on with her practiced speech.
The Balinese tourism industry would be destroyed and the island, now poor but developing, would be plunged into primitive semi-starvation.
The immense man, brandishing his recovered certificates, plunged forward to encounter them, shouting in Arabic, hustled them back, kicked them, struck at the camels with a stick till those in front receded upon those behind and the street was blocked by struggling beasts and resounded with roaring snarls, the thud of wooden bales clashing together, and the desperate protests of the camel-drivers, one of whom was sent rolling into a noisome dust heap with his turban torn from his head. The Garden of Allah
They lunged at each other again, both wielding their swords two-handed.
“If America was a person, — and it sat down, — Lancaster town would be plunged into a Darkness unbreathable.” Making Light: We Await Silent Tristero’s Empire Nuku Nuku
His furious lunge at the snapper has sullied his clean-cut image. The Sun
Detecting the spy behind the curtain and mistaking him for King Claudius, Hamlet plunges his sword into the arras and slays Polonius.
He grunted in pain as a bolt from a crossbow tore a gash in his leg, then he plunged into the water and sank.
The Spanish bank, which has about two-thirds of its loan book in mortgages, earlier today reported a slump in fourth-quarter profit as revenue from lending plunged.
Crude clays are blunged, sieved and passed over rare earth magnets, then stored in constantly agitated farm tanks.
He ran to the edge of the lake and plunge in.
Nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother into inconsolable grief.
On the other hand, if an oceanic plate made of dense basalt hits a low-density continental plate then the former will plunge underneath, pushing back into the hot, convecting mantle.
He thinks she means a plunge in the pool instead of a corn-chip dip.
To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I plunge in without delay.
He has plunged too many depths to be upset by small set backs or inconveniences.
This weekend the clocks go back and we will be plunged again into inky afternoons. Times, Sunday Times
The first shot from the "Conestoga" struck the water a few feet from the "Yankee," and, ricochetting, plunged into her hull. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)
Blue whale of Antarrct has plunged to less than 1% of the original abundance. West Pacific grey whale hovers on the edge of extinction with just over 100 remaining.
Afraid of a plunge into the canal that claimed the immigrants, I always unsnap my seatbelt and roll the window all the way down, this in broad daylight with no one shooting.
The mitraille vanished in shapelessness; the bombs plunged into it; bullets only succeeded in making holes in it; what was the use of cannonading chaos? and the regiments, accustomed to the fiercest visions of war, gazed with uneasy eyes on that species of redoubt, a wild beast in its boar-like bristling and a mountain by its enormous size. Les Miserables
It then had to sell at a loss as the share price plunged. Times, Sunday Times
'donga' or watercourse, and into this plunged a rabble of men, white and black, mules, horses, guns, and waggons. The True Story Book
The electricity failed and the house was plunged into darkness.
The plunge in manufacturing is in part the result of a huge global inventory adjustment.
plunged into civil war after the death of the President.
The most interesting parts occur when the moon plunges into Earth's full shadow, called the umbra, and of course during the period of totality. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
If using fresh tomatoes, plunge them into boiling water for 30 seconds, then pop in cold water, enabling you to peel the skins away.
As the rope passes underneath your feet, lunge your left leg forward and your right foot backward so that your feet are straddled about a stride's length apart.
In the latter half of the 1840s, Britain was plunged into deep depression.
With a lunge of his hand he trusted a large glass of ale at Kriseis, which slopped over the side and onto her face and clothes.
The weight still shifts to the heel for increased power during the lunge so in the moment of the lunge, the rear foot faces straight across the strip.
There was a flash of lightning and the house was plunged into darkness.
Why hasn't he taken the plunge and become naturalized and enabled himself to be in a better position to do something about this by voting?
Lily pressed the switch and plunged the room into darkness.
The country was plunged into recession.
Repeatedly she plunged the knife into his chest.
Both blundered about as others plunged the world into conflict. Times, Sunday Times
They are plunged in a solution of ammonium chloride A, contained in a glass phial or beaker, which is closed to suppress evaporation. The Story of Electricity
Some of our machines were flying higher than the enemy, and plunged headlong to join the engagement. Times, Sunday Times
Many refugees are using donated clothing to keep their livestock warm as temperatures plunge to near freezing at night.
The two men on the floor wrestled with Caprice, and Eoin lunged. 365 tomorrows » 2006 » December : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day
It is believed he was under the water for at least two minutes, causing him to take in a lot of water and making his temperature plunge.
Lou reached back her fist and lunged it forward, knocking one guy into another one and down they went.
A dog who plunged 40 feet down a cliff on to a beach between Tenby and Saundersfoot is making a good recovery after a rescue mission involving coastguards, lifeboatmen and a vet.
Both blundered about as others plunged the world into conflict. Times, Sunday Times
To support her family, Ratcliffe plunged into a punishing work schedule.
There are standard forward and backward lunges, customised with wider hip movement and knees stretching out. Times, Sunday Times
Apparently Merton College had refused to take northern students and Oxford had been plunged into chaos and riot.
This plunged him into another severe depression, far worse than what he had before.
Else I should plunge _in medias res_ upon a sketch of De Quincey's life; were it not a rudeness amounting to downright profanity to omit the important ceremony of prelibation, and that at a banquet to which, implicitly, gods are invited. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863
Every time he rose to, or even approached, the heights of success and public esteem, he was suddenly plunged down into the depths of media excoriation.
Despite the snow and the freezing temperature, a bunch of 20 daring people plunged into the icy waters of Lee Dam yesterday.
More than 27,000 homes were plunged into darkness by a major power failure.
What struck me most, after this long passage of time, is what we deem “permissible” on the screen today: We can — with impunity — rape, skewer, torture, vilify, scarify, plunge fangs into carotid arteries, sodomize…women can reveal frontal nudity within a half-inch of genitalia; men can stand frontally nude with only a hand cupped over the thingy…but only frontal. Buzzine » Tushy Tarts, Smelly Farts…
The prime minister pressed the panic button yesterday as Britain's economy plunged deeper into crisis.
In pt ii. of the _Niebelungen Lied_, he sees his sons and liegemen struck down without making the least effort to save them, and is as unlike the Attila of history as a "hector" is to the noble Trojan "the protector of mankind. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook
The bowsprit was a long, graceful lance, reaching out above his head, but the anchor cable plunged into the water beside him, and he laid a hand on the thick hawser.
He plunges his hands under the faucet, splashing water over his face.
Sometimes a phosphorescent gleam played over the stagnant pond, into which the terapin plunged heavily at their approach; while on the neighbouring banks the frogs of all degrees croaked forth their inharmonious chant, making the scene more hideous, and certainly adding greatly to the sense of gloom which it inspired in those who penetrated it. The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I
The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we must steadfastly refuse to obey those laws, and we must as steadfastly stand by the conventions which ignore them, since the statutes furnish us peace, fairly good government and stability, and therefore are better for us than the laws of God, which would soon plunge us into confusion and disorder and anarchy if we should adopt them.
Few people would have taken the plunge to read it at all had they not been reassured that it would not be overly upsetting. Times, Sunday Times
He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water.
Here, brother Sancho Panza," said Don Quixote when he saw it, "we may plunge our hands up to the elbows in what they call adventures; but observe, even shouldst thou see me in the greatest danger in the world, thou must not put a hand to thy sword in my defence, unless indeed thou perceivest that those who assail me are rabble or base folk; for in that case thou mayest very properly aid me; but if they be knights it is on no account permitted or allowed thee by the laws of knighthood to help me until thou hast been dubbed a knight. The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete
The bunch fills the road, riders snorting, heaving and blowing hard as they try to extract maximum effort from their tired bodies for one final frenzied lunge towards the line.
Forward lunge Stand with one leg forward and one leg back, but keeping a long spine. Shape Your Body, Shape Your Life
Bring the water to the boil and plunge the vegetables in.
As for the likelihood of a plunge off yet another fiscal cliff, a more realistic appraisal is that this is unlikely. Times, Sunday Times
The one I drank while bathrobed and slippered in my front yard, holding the plunger that had been arbitrarily left standing beside my mail box overnight. Yard Sailing
Most NEOs will plunge into the Sun after a million years of this pas de deux.
Predatory fish in the ecozone include the lake sturgeon, brook trout, lake trout, northern pike, muskellunge, largemouth bass, sauger, and walleye.
What if he were to be punished for his vengeance by a plunge into the nerve-glove?
The electricity failed and the house was plunged into darkness.
The entire area was plunged into total darkness again, to audible groans.
He lunged at the man and his sword rammed itself between the man's ribs, grated, then a French hand gripped Sharpe's blade, blood showed at his fingers, but the man held on, tugged, and another man clawed at Sharpe's face. Sharpe's Siege
IF all of a sudden this morning you find your world plunged into darkness and gloom, do not fear. The Sun
The fall in demand caused share prices to plunge.
The sky diver had a plunge of more than 10 , 000 feet before his parachute opened.
Suddenly he lunged for my phone. The Sun
The dollar has risen 30 percent since its plunge to a postwar low of 79. 75 yen last April.
Interleave running days with days of other exercises, such as squats, lunges and gluteal strengthening. Times, Sunday Times
Apparently Merton College had refused to take northern students and Oxford had been plunged into chaos and riot.
He skipped past the defender's despairing lunge.
As for his would-be assassin, the Tories took turns yesterday to plunge the knife into Mr Lamont.
At least 50 people died when a bus plunged into a river.
And the local economy in Sucumbios is suffering. Since August, retail sales, tourism and tax collection have all plunged.
After he went deep down the sideline and outraced Rogers for a 36-yard reception, he plunged over the middle for a six-yard catch on third-and-four. Cruz Gets the Last Dance
Yet despite a third-act plunge into compromised stodge (which is unsurprising considering its star names), there's some surprisingly edgy humour at work in this darker-than-expected comedy from German-born writer-director Derrick Borte. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
The plunge of the rand against the dollar and the pound is going to worsen.
I think she has always "hankered" to know us, but not having enough individuality to act for herself, she has waited for a lead before taking the plunge. The Lady of the Basement Flat
BRITAIN'S biggest pawnbroker has ousted its chief executive after blaming the plunge in the gold price for a sudden drop in profits. Times, Sunday Times
There was a crack of sharp thunder as the bullets plunged from their silver caves, and a shower of shells fell to the ground simultaneously.
The fire was thrown to a great height; the fountains and jets all wallowed together; new ones appeared, and danced joyously round the margin, then converging towards the centre they merged into one glowing mass, which upheaved itself pyramidally and disappeared with a vast plunge. The Hawaiian Archipelago
Plunge the pasta into boiling water.
Through Tom Tom's eyes we experience the plunge from the roof and his slow-motion passage past the windows on each floor.
U.S. distillate inventories plunged 6 million barrels last week, according to the most recent data from the Department of Energy. Crude Tops $98 on Euro Zone, Supply Concerns
Conclusion: High-frequency ultrasound is without harm and has high efficiency, it is an important method for the diagnosis of plunge ranula.
They plunge into the coastal waters from small boats.
We plunge into the jungle to assist the research team in search of snakes. Times, Sunday Times
Fine if you're just nipping in for a wazz; but anyone who comes in, drops their trousers and sits on the bog will be plunged into darkness before they've finished.
Men have been lost in the glen in mists so thick that they could plunge their fingers out of sight in it as into a meal girnel; but this mist never came within twenty yards of me. The Little Minister
As he stood there defenseless, the sailor was about to plunge his cutlass into him for the last time.
plunged straightway to the rocks below
Many complained about people who take untrained, ill-behaved animals to public events as well as about people who chuckle a little embarrassed but nothing more when their dogs lunge at people while on walks or leap up on strangers and do that "if it's vertical I'll try to breed with it" behavior against everyone's legs. Pet Talk: Some people hate dogs, in no uncertain terms
It consists of two balls - the quaffle for scoring and the blunger for throwing at opponents like a dodge ball. The Seattle Times
Try squats and lunges to boost leg strength or bench pressing weights to boost the upper body. The Sun
Eyes shut he would lunge in the direction of the rumoured angel. Times, Sunday Times
Plunge in and head for the fire tower.
He gritted his teeth and plunged into the cold sea.
Get rid of the water in the tank by flushing, then bail out the water that is in the bowl using a plunger to force the rest of the water into the bowl, then mop it up with sponges.
At the outset she zips through the social niceties and plunges into a concentrated burst of questions and note-taking.
$2.39 billion to $12.85 billion during the week when the main American indices plunged more than five per cent as the escalating Greece debt crisis rattled the global markets during the week. The Times of India
If a plant is rated as hardy to zone 2 we know how low a temperature plunge that plant is likely to survive.
He took the narrow bridge too quickly and the car crashed through the bridge and plunged into Poucha Pond, landing upside down under the water.
After fluttering thus from branch to branch, like the poor birdling that cannot take its flight, discouraged by his wretched attempts at life, he plunged straight before him, hoping for nothing but a turn of luck, driving over the roads and fields, lending a hand to the farmers, sleeping in stables and garrets, or oftener in the open air; sometimes charitably sheltered in a kind man's barn, and perhaps -- oh bliss! Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873
She took a standard coffee pot and put a perforated cylinder - similar to a sieve - in the middle, into which she put a plunger on a screw thread.
The ceaselessness of the _Volpe_'s pitch and plunge wore at him: unable to find even an hour's respite to recover his energies, Matteo could keep nothing down, found it impossible to maintain his balance, and felt the ship's unnatural motions -- irreconcilable with any human cycle -- begin to ravage him. Asimov's Science Fiction
If you don't ride regularly with an instructor, and have a reliable horse, there are many exercises that you can do on horseback without the lunge line to test your position.
But Victorians, who are the yo-yo team of senior hockey, again plunge back to Section Two hockey next season.
Their close relative, the muskellunge, have scales covering only the upper half of their cheek and gill covers.
The arm pull should be somewhat downward to break the torso out of the water vertically and provide for a forward lunge and initial kick which will take the body to its first surface streamline position.
The lorry smashed through a brick wall and plunged into the fast-flowing canal, landing on its side.
Skirt the breeding colony of common terns that plunge-dive in the surf, and head out across the sands towards the lime kilns at Beadnell harbour, where you can catch the bus back to Seahouses.
As it headed into a tree-covered hill in which a stone-edged tunnel mouth was set it gave a realistic wail and plunged out of sight. WHISTLER IN THE DARK
Here's one bit of news chez Juliette - I've finally struggled back into my swimming cozzie, stuck on my goggles, and plunged back into the cold and dispiriting pool of online dating - only to immediately come face to face with three drowned wasps and a floating condom. Dater Archives
He hesitated, surprised by her words, but plunged ahead.
Not that he is jumping at joy at the recent plunge in our growth rate from 11% to near zero.
If you are outside, you can do walking lunges, squats, incline push-ups and tricep dips using a park bench, and heel raises off of a curb. LIVESTRONG.COM: 5 Ways to Walk Off Weight
An amateur flyer had an amazing escape when his microlight aircraft hit a power cable and plunged into a field.
The next morning, after the wedding ceremony, the toad told his bride to plunge a knife into his back.
Some of our machines were flying higher than the enemy, and plunged headlong to join the engagement. Times, Sunday Times
He plunged head first into the stream.
The rope broke, and the elevator plunged down to the ground.
He plunged head first into the stream.
No wonder the meeting was plunged into chaos. The Sun
He plunged the knife deep into her heart.
Certain that he was going to make good his threat to kill her, she lunged for the gun.
The country, they say, will inevitably now plunge headlong into decadence.
Plunger pump in the steering system bring fluid pulsation, there out pressure pulsation in subsequence system.
Trek picked up the long lunge whip, and pointed it at Shiloh's hip.
The city centre was plunged into darkness by the power cut.
If you have been thinking about buying shares, now could be the time to take the plunge.
At any time, they could plunge to political disaster.
Each villa has a plunge pool and sundeck. Times, Sunday Times
Tim. 6:9 But those who intend to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
Dairy farmers warn it will plunge milk below cost price and put many out of business. The Sun
Banks of snow cut them off; snowshoes sank in air pockets -- holes made by protruding limbs of the short, gnarled trees of timber line, -- and through these the man fought in short, spasmodic lunges, breaking the way for the woman who came behind, never stopping except to gather strength for a fresh attack, never ceasing for obstacle or for danger. The White Desert
Motor rallying Three spectators were killed when a car taking part in a local rally plunged into the crowd in central Serbia yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
They wanted to wheel and deal, and they soon plunged Enron into businesses it knew nothing about: selling water in Europe; "wheeling" electric power into, and mostly out of, California; installing commercial air-conditioning systems; the Blockbuster deal; and, of course, the Internet. Books About Schnooks
Then canoe and bateau answered to the swift current of the Mackenzie, and they plunged into the Great Barren Ground. In a Far Country
He moved to plunge the dagger in but the weapon was wretched from his grip by a powerful hand as the other gripped his wrist and tore it away.
The couple lived in apartments for 30 years before taking the real estate plunge, buying a 1939 saltbox that they remade as their own.
Now they've taken a plunge into the dive computer market and the outcome is the DataMax Sport.
You might be more inclined towards a cooler plunge after a day's walking.
The Houthoop Guest Farm is charmingly rustic cabins, aviaries, a giant plunge pool and a beautifully boho dining room and bar built by Veronica Van Dyk and her husband. South Africa beyond the World Cup: the remote west coast
Sabrina swayed gently with the canter, her mother watching Sabrina's every move, as she kept the Clydesdale on the lunge line at a steady pace.
The prime minister would, it is said, have taken the plunge had it not been for the bloody-minded insistence of his chancellor in sticking to the Treasury's five tests.
It has already plunged by 14% against the dollar since the referendum. Times, Sunday Times
The ship was plunged into total darkness as the engines drained power from everything except themselves and life support.
At that time, Klein acknowledged he's hoping the new show helps shore up ratings for the network's flagship "Larry King Live" -- its ratings had plunged by 40 percent in 2010. CNN/U.S. president Jon Klein out, HLN topper Ken Jautz in
She then dug around in it until she found a medical box and brought out a needle with a plunger, filling it with anesthetic.
With a blood curdling cry, the elf lunged for me but I parried her attack and stepped out of the way, just like the many times in practice.
A knife was stuck in his back, plunged so deeply only the scrimshaw handle could be seen. STONE THE CROWS, IT'S A VACUUM-CLEANER
Land on the left leg in a forward lunge. The Sun
A brave businesswoman who is scared stiff of sharks is set to take the charity plunge into a tank full of the fearsome fish.

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