Words similar to pounced

Example sentences for: pounced

How can you use “pounced” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Lefty, an "animal lover," reclines on a ghastly blue-green lounge chair in a red sweat suit, watching videotapes of gazelles being pounced on and devoured by lions.
Television networks and pundits pounced on the story anyway.
Germans who wanted to translate their word interessanterweise into English tried “interestingly,” which in those days sounded horrible to British ears; but the Americans at once pounced on it.
Clinton pounced on DeLay's remarks.
But all the while the shadow of doom was creeping nearer and nearer, till came a day when it pulled off its whiskers and pounced.