LUNGE in a Sentence

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The torturing stays no longer pinched her waist and she could breathe deeply and quietly to the bottom of her lungs and her abdomen.

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 Meanings and Examples of LUNGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lunge
 v.  quick forward dive or reach; thrust
Classic Sentence: (55 in 4 pages)
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 Dumas
Context  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 Dumas
Context  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.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 25 PORTHOS
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.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: CHAPTER V.
5  Prissy made a lunge past her, bent on flight, but Scarlett grabbed her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
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.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In III
7  Mrs. Merriwether's breath went out of her lungs as explosively as though she had been punched.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  All the breath went out of Scarlett's lungs in one gasp of horror before rage swept her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
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.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
12  That is true enough in a sense; but your lungs are thinking about the air, if you are not.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
13  Yes; but I have tried to remain amphibious: it's all right as long as one's lungs can work in another air.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
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.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
15  Pumped my lungs chuck-full of Rocky Mountain air.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
16  Smoking predisposes you to lung cancer.
17  Smokers face an increased risk of developing lung cancer.
18  It's a well-known fact that smoking can cause lung cancer.
19  Smoking is one of the chief causes of lung cancer.
20  He has got a cancer in his lung.
21  Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
22  Cigarette smoking is the single most important cause of lung cancer.
23  He has terminal lung cancer.
24  It's a fact that most deaths from lung cancer are caused by smoking.
25  Smoking is the prime cause of lung disease.
26  He has a serious lung disease.
27  Smoking is a causative factor in the development of several serious diseases, including lung cancer.
28  Smoking is a contributory factor in lung cancer.
29  She was taken to the hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung.
30  The test should identify which smokers are most prone to develop lung cancer.