Sentence examples for managed to leap from inspiring English sources

I managed to leap out of the car before it went over the cliff.

Two other servicemen were injured but managed to leap to safety as the vehicle, part of a military convoy, slid into the river.

In this latest adventure, where our plucky heroes have managed to leap forward to a bleak post-apocalyptic future, there is a hilarious dissonance between the bizarre tale and the deadpan manner in which it is presented.

The Peoples' Democratic party, a leftwing party with Kurdish roots who on Sunday managed to leap across the 10% barrier for the first time, has been extremely welcoming of minorities.

The only time he looked genuinely rattled was when he dropped his serve late in the second set after a bare-chested protester wearing a white mask and carrying a flare managed to leap a barrier and get onto the court.

Despite more than 30 films, 10 Broadway stints, 3 Oscar nominations and an Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning performance as Abigail Adams in HBO's lavish 2008 mini-series "John Adams," Ms. Linney, who turns 46 next month, has not managed to leap into the movie-star stratosphere that her talent, intelligence and looks would indicate.

Unger's voice remains subdued and objective throughout the book, but La Follette manages to leap from its pages.

Mr. Koch managed to jump over two small cars but tripped up as he attempted to leap over an Audi A8 sedan.

Though he'll take the occasional break, he's managed to make leaps and bounds on the Foreskin Coverage Index the universal measuring tool adopted by restorers.

It had been generations since John Schlesinger, Ridley and Tony Scott, Adrian Lyne and Alan Parker had managed to make the leap from London, and telly, to Hollywood.

Danny Meyer, owner of several of the best-loved restaurants in New York, and Michael Romano, chef of Union Square Cafe, often ranked as the city's most popular, have managed to make the leap on their own.