How to Use leap at in a Sentence

leap at

verb
  • State governments, too, leaped at the chance to boost tax revenues.
    — Susie Neilson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Out slink the striped cats, snarling and roaring, leaping at each other or at me.
    — Alessandro Meregaglia, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And when the winning starts, the enthusiasm can leap at record speed.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Two playmates took a running leap at each other, falling backward to the ground.
    — Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The leap from thinking to praying isn’t actually a leap at all.
    — Ethel A. Baker, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This was not an invitation that was leapt at with enthusiasm.
    — Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Farris got a strikeout, and then Siri robbed Taylor Walls of a grand slam with a leap at the short left field fence.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 31 May 2026
  • The decision may depend on league trends — are other managers leaping at goaltenders, which amps up the pressure?
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • People make the leap at every age — 30s, 40s, 50s, even 70s.
    — Cepee Tabibian, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Rosado says the Saginaw, Michigan, couple has sticker shot from price leaps at the pump.
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • However, Georgia left fielder Cole Johnson leaped at the wall and robbed the home run.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Certain casting directors leap at providing these chances.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Two eyesores immediately leap at any sensible person with a soul.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • That embryonic Xenomorph then shatters its container and leaps at Wendy, who pets it gently.
    — Noel Murray, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In footage shared by the AP, the leopard was seen crouching on the ground next to the boy's vehicle before chasing the car and leaping at the window.
    — Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • All five of the friends also took a literal leap at the end of the night at Ted’s 31st birthday party, jumping across the roof to the apartment next door.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But the primary documentation that took place from the race was everyday social media users who leapt at the stunt premise of running with Gunna.
    — Abe Beame, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025
  • When walk-on tryouts were held upon coach Dan Lanning’s arrival in 2022, Boettcher leapt at the chance.
    — Sam Warren, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The narrative is that employers will leap at the opportunity to replace their workers with bots, fire their employees, save money and increase their profits.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The Giants were scoreless to that point because right fielder Tatis had leaped at the wall to bring back a would-be home run by Rafael Devers in the first inning.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In Russia, the civilian repressive apparatus persecutes the military, which leaps at every chance for revenge.
    — Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Johnson’s next at-bat sprang nightmares of Friday’s ninth-inning winner as his towering fly ball kept carrying in right field, but this time Phoenix Call leaped at the wall to snag it.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 1 June 2026
  • Sox right fielder Mike Tauchman took a potential two-run home run away from Giancarlo Stanton in the third inning, leaping at the wall to make a catch.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Gilbert, who might be 5-foot-10 in spikes, leapt at the wall like a 6th-grader trying to dunk a basketball and got enough air underneath him to reach over the top of the fence and turn a two-run homer into an inning-ending catch.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Brown, who is 6-foot-1, 226 pounds, and posted a 36 1/2-inch vertical leap at his scouting combine, gives the Patriots a big-bodied target in the red zone.
    — Chad Graff, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Diomande made a spectacular leap at RB Leipzig in 2025-26 and comes into this tournament being tracked closely by Europe’s elite clubs.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Raymond scored with Logan Stanley in the box for interference, and was set up by Moritz Seider leaping at the blue line to bat down Ryan McLeod’s clearing attempt.
    — ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Raymond scored with Logan Stanley in the box for interference, and was set up by Moritz Seider leaping at the blue line to bat down Ryan McLeod's clearing attempt.
    — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • But playing Jocasta, a woman with very unfortunate taste in men, is thrilling for Manville, who leapt at the challenge of tackling Sophocles’ tragic heroine when Robert Icke approached her with the part.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Jan. 2026
  • So in the second inning Monday night, when Chapman watched Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Jackson Chourio leap at the base of the outfield wall, he was conditioned to expect the worst.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 June 2026

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