How To Use Pounce In A Sentence
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All went down alike before their charge, my lord and my lady, the Prince of the Blood, and the humblest page who bore his pouncet box.
The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV
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When a predator pounces, simply escaping in the opposite direction is often the worst option.
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The cat pounced... and missed.
Times, Sunday Times
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The fox gave a yip as Ferric entered and pounced on the boy, easily knocking him over.
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When he announced it, the carefully prepped bishops pounced.
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As soon as I open the door, my mom practically pounces on me.
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The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below.
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He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera.
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A grove of crotons became a magical jungle where snakes and other exotic creatures lurked, waiting to pounce.
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The time between the pounce and the jump seemed an eternity, although it was only seconds.
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Before you could say ‘Quick, get the binoculars’, the owner's cat pounced.
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On the fringes of this retinue, lions and crocodiles pounce on their victims while an elephant runs amok, and at the centre is the Navab, enlarged as befits his status, bending from his richly caparisoned mount to slash at a lion.
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As we left the courthouse, Hubby and Wifey and their kids pounced on us, hugging us and crying.
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The man pounced at Kora, the attacker continuing to growl angry curses and words too low for anyone to hear.
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Two minutes later, John Mike Dooley pounced for the first of his two goals when he finished to the net from a set up by Colin Harris.
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An old pouncet-box, I believe," he informed her, "or possibly it held an ointment for her finger nails.
The Pit: A Story of Chicago
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Five Essex Hellcats spotted a cigar-shaped Mitsubishi Betty and pounced.
Whirlwind
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When they were close enough to the unsuspecting woman, they pounced, knocking her to the ground.
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Nothing like a few vases of flowers about the place to cheer a dull day, even if we do have to pounce on every falling petal before it hits the floor.
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But Sundin pounced on a turnover and scored into an empty net with 38 seconds remaining.
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Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
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A flink dab for a freck dive and a stern poise for a swift pounce was frankily at the manual arith sure enough which was the bekase he knowed from his cradle, no bird better, why his fingures were giving him whatfor to fife with.
Finnegans Wake
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Stunned zoo visitors watched as the big cat pounced, hooked the bird with a claw through its cage, then held it with his teeth.
The Sun
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The pond was relatively little used, though here the closeness of cover might have made the birds afraid of being pounced on by cats.
Times, Sunday Times
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Men began to say that he 'jawed' too much and would not let them go to bed, little knowing how he used to try to prolong a conversation so that he might not be left alone with a horrible fear always ready to pounce upon him when night fell, and when only the thud of the engines playing some maddening tune broke the silence.
Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir
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There would be little incentive for fishermen to overexploit the resources in their "plot" if they didn't have a competitor waiting to pounce on whatever is left uncaught.
Peter Hanlon: Fish as Food, Fish as Wildlife: Four Fish (a Book Review)
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Dogs and foxes always go for the neck, but this time whatever attacked the sheep pounced on it from behind, pinning it down and mauling both sides of the back.
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When we walked out of the test room, he practically pounced on us.
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Every conceivable nook and cranny is stuffed with malignant faunae waiting to pounce.
My Family and Other Animals
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A rich strong expressive affection in short pounced upon her in the shape of a handsomer, ampler, older Mrs. Beale.
What Maisie Knew
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Like leaves before the wind, the boys rushed out by a back door into the play-ground, while the master solemnly passed to his house, with a deep slow bow to the ladies; and there was poor Scudamore -- most diffident of men whenever it came to lady-work -- left to face the visitors with a pleasing knowledge that his neckcloth was dishevelled, and his hair sheafed up, the furrows of his coat broadcast with pounce, and one of his hands gone to sleep from holding a heavy Delphin for three-quarters of an hour.
Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War
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Any borderman who had ever seen a mountain cat fight a bear and win would have nodded in recognition as Cathan pounced on the hulking patriarch, knocking him sideways then dragging him down onto the ground.
Chosen Of The Gods
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It is feared gangs will pounce on those orphaned by the disaster.
The Sun
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You sleep around, break hearts, and then pounce on your next victim.
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Then they pounce, and get it.
Times, Sunday Times
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So the fact that the McCain campaign would "pounce" on Biden's comment is really really bizarre considering how erratic and reckless McCain has been when responding to past and present crises.
Max Bergmann: John McCain Has Repeatedly Failed the Commander-in-Chief Test
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She pounced on the man's back, ripping and clawing away at him.
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He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera.
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Owen pounced on the loose ball and scored.
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That's when law enforcement agents pounced on him.
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With an amazing pounce, we were flying through the air again.
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That is when they pounce, like a band of hyenas after the lions have left the kill.
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She saves both with groundstroke winners, but the Belgian pounces on a third with a backhand return winner.
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If the snake so much as hiccups as the rat inches along, the market analysts and social prognosticators pounce.
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I think if she were given the opportunity to work here, she'd pounce on it.
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The opportunity to pounce again came as the commodity boom collapsed.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was pounced upon when I first laid out the pictures, but nobody gives a reason for liking it.
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Make no mistake, there are many who would love to see O'Leary fail and are waiting in the wings to pounce once things start to go wrong.
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Daniel Sedin pounced on it and fed a pass to his identical twin alone in front of the net, where he deked Mason down and shot it in.
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I would immediately pounce on the ballottine and the fried fish as my grandmother would shake her head in despair over my lack of manners.
Apricots on the Nile
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For who would not thinke it a ridiculous thing to see a Lady in her milke-house with a velvet gowne, and at a bridal in her cassock of mockado: a Gentleman of the Countrey among the bushes and briers, goes in a pounced dublet and a paire of embroidered hosen, the the Cities to weare a fries Ierkin and a paire of leather breeches? yet some such phantasticals haue I knowen, and one a certaine knight, of all other the most vaine, who commonly would come to the
The Arte of English Poesie
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At the period of the presumed date of this document blotting paper was unknown, writings being dried by means of a specially prepared fine powder called pounce, sand, or a powder containing fine crystals of metal intended to give an ornamental gloss to the ink.
The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents
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Like a living animal, the wood pounced on its prey, wrapping itself around the loathsome wizard.
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For a second the dog hesitated, then as if compelled by a command, Rocky pounced on Kevin trailing his rough tongue all over his master's face in long slurpy licks.
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He stalks around and pounces and growls and roars if he feels that anyone is a threat to us.
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It let out a very unladylike roar, and pounced on Sawyer, who threw himself out of its path with inches to spare.
COLDHEART CANYON
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He'd pounce too fast and fall short of the pigeon.
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Every time the butterfly would fly higher the kitten would pounce at the air and end up falling to the ground.
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The creature pounced again, but he avoided it by rolling to one side.
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When the opportunity arose in the 27th minute Andre Emmanuel pounced on a loose ball and netted the first goal.
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Stunned zoo visitors watched as the big cat pounced, hooked the bird with a claw through its cage, then held it with his teeth.
The Sun
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He thought that the slow movements might mean that he was preparing to pounce, as cats do.
The Secret Garden
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One of the monkeys pounced on a woman holding a child, biting her arm before leaping back into the tree.
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The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes.
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He's not a particularly strong thrower, but he blocks errant pitches well and quickly pounces on bunts.
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Then they pounce, and get it.
Times, Sunday Times
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Their paws are poised, ready to pounce on ideas and nuggets of information.
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It was a four-days 'hard march to the locality where Captain Buxton counted on finding his victims; and when on the fourth day, rather tired and not particularly enthusiastic, the command bivouacked along the banks of a mountain-torrent, a safe distance from the supposed location of the Indian stronghold, he sent forward his Apache Mojave allies to make a stealthy reconnoissance, feeling confident that soon after nightfall they would return with the intelligence that the enemy were lazily resting in their "rancheria," all unsuspicious of his approach, and that at daybreak he would pounce upon and annihilate them.
Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier
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Moving with precise coordination, the Arbiters pounced upon their prey, assailing him with stinging strikes of their daggers.
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If we could only for a moment stop thinking of these troops as the symbol of Soviet strength, ready to pounce on Western Europe, and see them as the weakest element in the whole Soviet system, the element that is exposed to the outside influences so carefully screened from the people at home!
Winning Without War
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By this process a kind of paint is used instead of powder, and a brush instead of a pouncet.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources
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The bird pounced on the worm.
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But here there was no credit, and our good-natured Lübecker having doled out a fourth zwanziger on account, was scarcely surprised to see it pounced upon and totally appropriated by the host in liquidation of some ancient score.
A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
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October 8, 2008 at 7:25 am basement kitteh dose deh butt wiglol of doom and pounces on ebil maus to be contd..
I don’t know what that was, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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We were simply going about our business when we were pounced upon by these police officers.
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Really and truly it was never going to end in this contest against a home side, who have won their last number of games on the pounce.
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The scientists doing the experiment have pounced on the effect of the particular moment.
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Scudamore — most diffident of men whenever it came to lady-work — left to face the visitors with a pleasing knowledge that his neckcloth was dishevelled, and his hair sheafed up, the furrows of his coat broadcast with pounce, and one of his hands gone to sleep from holding a heavy Delphin for three-quarters of an hour.
Springhaven
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A traffic cop pounced on them and, screaming abuses, began slapping one of the men, who could not even shield himself for fear that the cart would go out of control.
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Be careful, or your spirits will be bogged down with dissipation, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that Day will pounce on you like a trap.
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But he reacted quickly to pounce on the rebound and fire home.
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Shopkeepers said the wardens were prowling up and down the street waiting to pounce on anyone outstaying their parking time - and their actions were driving away customers, with takings in some shops down by 25 per cent.
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As soon as the media saw themselves a shiny shiny shining thing shining shinily in New York City, they pounced!
Quran Burning Story: This Is How The Media Embarrass Themselves
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You heard what Belinda said to me on the courts the other day-well I was sore and angry about it, and I just got all obstinate and thought Miss Roberts caught one or two of the winks and pounced on the winkers.
Summer Term At St Clare's
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Peter Pouncey was born in Tsingtao, China, of English parents.
Peter Pouncey biography
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She raises her arm high, her elbow cocked and ready to pounce, that is, stab.
You've Been Warned
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He knows that his critics are waiting to pounce on any slip that he makes.
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On a third occasion he was hovering behind him as the ball flew into the area, ready to pounce on any mistake.
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The expression was taut, fiery even, and it seemed ready to pounce - - the eyes beady, observant.
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As he motions one of the big cats to climb a ladder, another leaps off his stand and pounces.
Times, Sunday Times
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Daniel Sedin pounced on it and fed a pass to his identical twin alone in front of the net, where he deked Mason down and shot it in.
USATODAY.com
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Halladay, who jawboned his way into being traded to a contending team so he finally could pitch in the playoffs, made a stunning debut, culminating with a dribbler in front of home plate that catcher Carlos Ruiz pounced on and threw to first for the final out.
Top Moments: Rethinking Kanye West, the Beatles and The Event
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A contributor to Biased-BBC a "pounce" makes some interesting points about the BBC's biased reporting of this issue
The AIDS epidemic
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It is feared gangs will pounce on those orphaned by the disaster.
The Sun
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KURTZ: Is there room in the media culture for somebody who thinks a little bit differently, or do you find that the media kind of pounce on these incidents and pump them up and distort them, and the original meaning of what you tried to say sometimes is lost?
CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2008
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I watched for the animal but it still surprised me with a pounce onto the rock opposite the pond from me.
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We hide behind the bush, ready to pounce on the intruder.
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Groom a pretender (for lack of a better word), build a coalition, and wait for your CEO to screw up, which he will if he is a short-termer. Then pounce.
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The visitors lost the ball when trying to clear it though, and Brady pounced on the mistake to pop over a fine point.
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She pounced on top of him and they both tumbled to the ground.
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The house seemed like a caged tiger ready to pounce on its prey.
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Any minor departure from logic was quickly pounced upon.
Times, Sunday Times
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Always ready to pounce in the box.
The Sun
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For who would not thinke it a ridiculous thing to see a Lady in her milke-house with a veluet gowne, and at a bridall in her cassock of mockado: a Gentleman of the Countrey among the bushes and briers, goe in a pounced dublet and a paire of embrodered hosen, in the Citie to weare a frise Ierkin and a paire of leather breeches? yet some such phantasticals haue I knowen, and one a certaine knight, of all other the most vaine, who commonly would come to the Sessions, and other ordinarie meetings and Commissions in the Countrey, so bedect with buttons and aglets of gold and such costly embroderies, as the poore plaine men of the Countrey called him (for his gaynesse) the golden knight.
The Arte of English Poesie
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He pounced on the loose ball and sent a blistering shot to the net.
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The Cobbydale side took the late after 17 minutes when matt Bowness pounced on a fumble from the full back and John Williams added the conversion.
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However, some shopkeepers pounce on me and demand everything but a strip-search.
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He will either hide or pounce.
Times, Sunday Times
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It was a huge tanker, and lying still in the dark harbor, it resembled a giant behemoth ready to pounce.
A KNIFE BETWEEN THE RIBS
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Sap rises, rabbits cavort, the clocks go forward, the taxmen prepare to pounce and the allergic begin to sneeze.
Times, Sunday Times
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Teachers are quick to pounce on students' grammatical errors.
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He pounced on a loose ball.
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Saprykin pounced on it and set up Nilson with a perfect goalmouth feed at 17: 49 of the second.
USATODAY.com - St. Louis gives Calgary the blues, forces Game 7
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The Timesobit is written strongly enough in the Safire style--in one case he's described as "a Pickwickian quibbler who gleefully pounced on gaffes, inexactitudes, neologisms, misnomers, solecisms and perversely peccant puns"--that it makes you wonder if he drafted it himself.
Shelfari:
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And that's when the lion pounces and starts biting her hip.
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The demon, full of the momentum of the pounce, tumbled easily through after her.
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They were managers I played with who could pounce on a player's weaknesses in a measured, forthright fashion.
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Hotspur's picture of this “popinjay” with pouncet-box in hand, and
The Man Shakespeare
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He looked as if he was about to explode, which he did but Sarah pounced on him and covered his entire head with the bag, muffling out his string of colorful words of curses and such.
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Buck nodded, and directly after the two men were hard at work, while whenever the sailor's spade, which he dubbed shovel, came in contact with a big loose stone, one or other of the keepers pounced upon it and bore it to the heap of earth and rubbish that began to grow where Buck emptied his basket.
Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain
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The long legs of the maned wolf might allow it to travel long distances easily and pounce effectively on its abundant prey.
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She watched in fascination as the cat pounced on the mouse.
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Lannie sat on the floor, grinning happily, as a puppy cocker spaniel, Pounce, jumped in glee around her.
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Zibi, who otherwise had a woeful game and had to make way for Shaun Haschick eight minutes from time, pounced on a John Maduka miskick to rifle home the winner in the 66th minute.
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He pounces on every mistake, chews them out after wins if their play isn't up to his standards.
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If you make a single mistake, he will pounce on you and say you're a fool.
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First he pounced on a rebound in the 16th minute.
The Sun
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Just as the crowd were being lulled into a stupor, Scotland pounced in the 23rd minute.
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He knows where to be, has the ability to deflect a shot coming in and has the quick reflexes to pounce on rebounds.
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It also tapped into the lighter side of the dour-looking Mr. Safire: a Pickwickian quibbler who gleefully pounced on gaffes, inexactitudes, neologisms, misnomers, solecisms and perversely peccant puns, like "the president's populism" and "the first lady's momulism.
Gershon Hepner: William Safire
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But traffic wardens pounced when she parked slightly outside the parking bay.
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Thornton pounced on a goalkeeping error to put hosts York ahead in the first half.
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They were creating a really tense atmosphere but they were not quite bad enough to do anything drastic and all I could respond with was my Paddington Bear hard stare and to stand my ground - I would love to have clipped the ring-leader around the ear (as would've happened in my youth) but the establishment is there waiting to pounce on such as me.
Whacko ?
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The home side's three tries came first from Tuilevu's mistake as he misfielded Boeta Wessels' grubber and watched as Wylie Human kicked through and pounced on the loose ball.
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Whitney yowled and pounced gleefully into the mess, her tail twitching excitedly.
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Suddenly, without any warning, the cat pounced on me and dug its claws into the skin of my arm.
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But the creature pounces at her, grabs her, and throws her at least a yard away.
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The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below.
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Thus far he had made do with the hard-mouthed bay that Hakim had called a nag, and an evil-tempered pack mule that pretended every shadow was a lion waiting to pounce and kept up a constant braying that strongly tempted Sabin to cut its wretched throat.
The Falcons of Montabard
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The third dragonet, no coward, pounced on Smash with all four clawed feet extended.
Falcon Street
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Quaz pounced on the younger boy with a playful yip.
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Policemen were hiding themselves in the corners of the bank, ready to pounce on the thieves.
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All around the greedy jackjaws, blackbirds, thrushes and magpies eye the ripening fruit and at the exact moment that the fruit ripens they pounce leaving nothing but pips.
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Aloisi, who had replaced midfielder Cesar Palacios eight minutes earlier, pounced just before time to earn Osasuna a deserved draw.
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A surveillance unit of detectives follow her every move and are ready to pounce when the alarm sounds.
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I wanted to jump up and hug Jimmy tightly, but he already pounced on me.
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When he said that Lawrence Summers, who stepped down last month as chair of the National Economic Council, has done a "heckuva" job, Stewart pounced on an obvious opportunity for comic relief.
Obama is a guest as Jon Stewart brings his 'Daily Show' gags to town
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As he motions one of the big cats to climb a ladder, another leaps off his stand and pounces.
Times, Sunday Times
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The catawampus rushed toward her, cranking up its claws for pounce mode.
Roc and a Hard Place
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It shouldn't come as a surprise that following the former White House leader's remarks on Thursday, Democrats were quick to once again pounce on the issue.
George W. Bush Reveals His Biggest Failure Was Not Privatizing Social Security
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The cat pounced... and missed.
Times, Sunday Times
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Once again, an effete Arnoldian holds up the pouncet box of theory while serious forms of oppression surround us.
Foucault and the Hedgerow History of Sexuality
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The midfielder's dangerous cross was put just past the post by defender Andrius Skerla with Larsson waiting to pounce.
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He gathers his energy, makes a run at a sentence, flags and then pounces on individual words for inappropriate emphasis, swallowing others whole.
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Aristotle's critics have pounced upon this sentence as an example of pompous obscurantism.
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The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes.
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The scene remains the same outside the ST bus stands at Shivajinagar and Pune Station where hired chokras pounce upon outward bound passengers before they can enter the ST stand.
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In the fourth, the Bryans again pounced on Vliegen to break twice early on.
USATODAY.com - Bryan brothers give U.S. a 2-1 lead in Davis Cup
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When I arrived home my sister practically pounced on me immediately for details.
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Vancouver's captain pounced on the turnover and snapped a wrister from the edge of the left circle between Fernandez's pads.
USATODAY.com
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The group kicked proceedings off, squeezing their way into hormonally deranged teen hearts, with a crisp and punchy pop-punk-pounce.
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On 21 minutes Maggio equalised as he pounced on the rebound after Samir Handanovic blocked German Denis's shot with his legs, nutmegging the Slovenian goalkeeper to equalise.
Soccerway.com
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Flak commanders took advantage of the fact that Allied fighter-bombers pounced on everything that moved on the Norman roads by creating ingenious ‘low-flying-aircraft booby traps.’
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And it was the same with everyone after that, and when they finally showed up around four, the girls nearly pounced on them.
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Living in that vile woman's grasp, it was like being watched by a vigilant, maddened cat, always with the claws out, ready to pounce on us.
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Any minor departure from logic was quickly pounced upon.
Times, Sunday Times
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Afraid someone will pounce upon me in the darkness, or tortured deathlike Mom, deprived of her life-giving medication, and in her dead moldy, gray-green shroud will come back again.
Jay's Journal
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When ready to pounce the wasp moves swiftly when its prey is usually in a stationary position.
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We hid himself behind the bushes, ready to pounce on the intruder.
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Then the Tigers pounce on opponents' mistakes.
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Gareth Kelly was ready to pounce in case Heraghty spilled the ball.
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The cat sat in the tree ready to pounce on the ducks below.
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Uma pounces on a soldier while throwing his boomerangs.
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And it was then that his attacker pounced.
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He almost screamed when a rat suddenly pounced out of it, squeaking madly.
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Both the beasts pounced on him and began attacking.
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We were simply going about our business when we were pounced upon by these police officers.
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Investors should get ready to pounce.
Times, Sunday Times
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Obama had to more than match it, and the righty salvoes began; then he went for health care and the noise doubled, a guy tried to blow up himself and an airplane and failed, but righties waiting to pounce on softness, went nuts again.
Ron Radosh » How the Left Opinion-makers Spin the Brown Victory: Bad Advice for Obama
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One can almost imagine Davis, under the window, telephoto lens extended, chops licked, ready for the fashion pounce.
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Thus speaking, Sir Piercie Shafton knelt down, and most gracefully presented to the nostrils of Mary Avenel a silver pouncet-box, exquisitely chased, containing a sponge dipt in the essence which he recommmended so highly.
The Monastery
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And foreign investors will be keen to pounce, taking advantage of rock-bottom house prices.
Times, Sunday Times
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For a second the dog hesitated, then as if compelled by a command, Rocky pounced on Kevin trailing his rough tongue all over his master's face in long slurpy licks.
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It also tapped into the lighter side of the dour-looking Mr. Safire: a Pickwickian quibbler who gleefully pounced on gaffes, inexactitudes, neologisms, misnomers, solecisms and perversely peccant puns, like "the president's populism" and "the first lady's momulism.
Gershon Hepner: William Safire
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He said something silly and the other boys pounced on it at once.
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And that's what the opponents of embryonic stem cell research have pounced upon.
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The two straighten, then bow, then sit up, ocular level again, she pounces, wilting him at the levator.
Kissing Cobras
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After Sampras served the first of his double faults, Safin pounced again, setting up the first break point of the match with a spectacular running backhand pass, and taking the game with a solid return Sampras slugged long.
Safin handles Sampras with ease
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He rose up on one knee, then crouched there, body tight, as if tensing for the pounce.
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Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.
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A nearby wolf pounced on the bird first and the rodent scuttled to freedom.
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Opponents pounce on you like a lion that skipped breakfast.
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He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera.
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Not only is the whole world watching our every move but we have an active, independent, free press just waiting to pounce on any mistake this administration makes as well.
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My Biddy wasn't one of the kind that dilly-dallies or shilly-shallies: she pounces on the child like a hawk on a chicken, stops its mouth so it could n't as much as peep, and carries it into a wood near by and hides till dark.
Stories of Many Lands
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Just as the crowd were being lulled into a stupor, the Scottish team pounced in the 23rd minute.
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In its sentiments Pouncey's novel flaunts psychotherapy as a fashionable accessory, the sharing of confidences (already grasped before they are spelt out) over the tinkle of fine teacups.
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I'm so happy they picked me," Pouncey said by phone from his home in Lakeland, Fla.
Big Ben trade doesn't materialize; Steelers pick Maurkice Pouncey
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He pounced on the photographer, beat him up and smashed his camera.
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The presenter was out walking his dog Inca in London this week when the feral animal pounced.
The Sun
