lunge 1 of 2

as in jab
a quick thrust anticipated the swordsman's lunge and jumped aside to avoid being stabbed

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lunge

2 of 2

verb

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Recent Examples of lunge
Noun
Jones allegedly lunged at the victim with a boxcutter, cutting him on the side of his face, cops said. Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 17 June 2025 At the beach, the routine starts with a practice known as lunging, in which the horse travels in a circle around the groom’s rein handle in the shallows. Ana Sotelo, The Dial, 8 July 2025
Verb
The right wing is going to parse the video looking for that lunge and saying Padilla was aggressive. Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025 Wounding a character in such a blunt way could, in the hand of a middling fiction writer, feel like a cheap lunge at profundity. Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for lunge
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lunge
Noun
  • Round one was mellow, with both fighters appearing to get a feel of one another in the ring with some quick jabs and feet.
    Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • Minaj then followed up with another post taking jabs at both JAY-Z and Megan Thee Stallion.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • But yeah, just getting to dive deeper and learn more about each other’s upbringing and that sort of thing.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 15 July 2025
  • Rogers did get some extra work in, though, delighting his AL teammates by attempting to dive to field an infield hit. 7.
    Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Lewis enters Saturday night with a 2-1 record over his last three fights, most recently having defeated Rodrigo Nascimento via TKO (punches).
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
  • This recipe gives a tropical punch to the buttery classic.
    Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • The Israeli military campaign against Hamas in Gaza has since killed more than 58,000 Palestinians, according to health officials, displaced almost the entire population and plunged the enclave into a humanitarian crisis.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 21 July 2025
  • Khloé Kardashian is spotted wearing a brown outfit with a plunging neckline and a chunky silver necklace while enjoying dinner in Malibu with Kris Jenner (not pictured).
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 21 July 2025

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“Lunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lunge. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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