Sentence examples for upward leap from inspiring English sources

The second significant fact in the Tuesday super-sale was the upward leap made by small-size works that were seen as negligible less than 20 years ago.

But it allowed Felipe Larraín, the finance minister, to point out wryly that the country's income per head, at purchasing power parity, is around $19,000 a handy upward leap from $17,222 last year.Then there is the unemployment data.

The most "Judas Maccabaeus" has to offer in this regard is a rising figure ending in an upward leap during Judas's "Sound an alarm!" and a couple of bright military pieces (including an instrumental march) with trumpets and timpani.

Pueblo melodic contours often involve an upward leap at the beginning of a phrase, followed by an undulating descent, and Pueblo songs feature some of the most complex rhythmic structures in North America, including patterned pauses and frequently changing metres.

Mr. Tedder reaches for the hymnlike melody — usually with a dramatic upward leap somewhere to test and reward his reedy tenor voice — and the majestic crescendo, with booming drums and opulent keyboards.

With a pause, a quaver or a modest upward leap, Ms. Thompson can make a line strike home: "Many a heart has proved untrue/Here's to me and here's to you," she sang in "Dear Old Man of Mine".

His greatest asset is his voice, which is made for melodramatic crescendos and heroic upward leaps.

In "Aida" it is the aria "Celeste Aida" with its majestic upward leaps.

In 1992 she sounded tearful but clear and airborne, making triumphant octave-wide upward leaps.

Like half of America, he came to watch the market's daily upward leaps and jerks with keen interest.

Nancy Gustafson, the soprano soloist, was lovely working in her midrange in "Benedictus," though some of her big upward leaps elsewhere sounded labored and uncertain.