1 He had scarcely finished, when d'Artagnan made such a furious lunge at him that if he had not sprung nimbly backward, it is probable he would have jested for the last time.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER 2 He freed his weapon, made a lunge, and touched his adversary on the shoulder.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 6 HIS MAJESTY KING LOUIS XIII 3 They placed themselves on guard; the stranger made a feint and a lunge, and that so rapidly that when Monsieur Porthos came to the PARADE, he had already three inches of steel in his breast.
4 For it is plain, that every word we speak is, in some degree, a diminution of our lunge by corrosion, and, consequently, contributes to the shortening of our lives.
5 Prissy made a lunge past her, bent on flight, but Scarlett grabbed her.
6 It was in the early morning stillness, when his muscles were swinging to their familiar task and his lungs expanding with long draughts of mountain air, that Ethan did his clearest thinking.
7 Mrs. Merriwether's breath went out of her lungs as explosively as though she had been punched.
8 All the breath went out of Scarlett's lungs in one gasp of horror before rage swept her.
9 The torturing stays no longer pinched her waist and she could breathe deeply and quietly to the bottom of her lungs and her abdomen.
10 Automatically, she dodged behind the curtain and peered fascinated at him through the dim folds of the cloth, so startled that the breath went out of her lungs with a gasp.
11 For a moment, the breath went out of Scarlett's lungs in a sickening gasp and she could only stare at the fat old lady who was so obviously pleased at the effect of her statement.
12 That is true enough in a sense; but your lungs are thinking about the air, if you are not.
13 Yes; but I have tried to remain amphibious: it's all right as long as one's lungs can work in another air.
14 The moral oppression had produced a physical craving for air, and he strode on, opening his lungs to the reverberating coldness of the night.
15 Pumped my lungs chuck-full of Rocky Mountain air.