Definition of pole-vaulting in English:
pole-vaulting
noun ˈpəʊlvɒltɪŋˈpəʊlvɔːltɪŋˈpoʊlˌvɔltɪŋ
See pole vault
Example sentencesExamples
- Part of pole-vaulting's appeal lay in its not being something we were able to do ourselves.
- I have no quarrel with Thomas Jones's account of the mathematics of pole-vaulting, but feel he hasn't told the whole story.
- Another traditional sport popular in Friesland is fierljeppen, a form of pole-vaulting.
- Corners may need to be cut, a spot of moral pole-vaulting may be in order to stay ahead of the posse.
- But the emotional pole-vaulting - landing in one zone of crisis only to leap off to the next - has left him with a nagging sense of guilt.
Definition of pole-vaulting in US English:
pole-vaulting
nounˈpoʊlˌvɔltɪŋˈpōlˌvôltiNG
See pole vault
Example sentencesExamples
- But the emotional pole-vaulting - landing in one zone of crisis only to leap off to the next - has left him with a nagging sense of guilt.
- I have no quarrel with Thomas Jones's account of the mathematics of pole-vaulting, but feel he hasn't told the whole story.
- Part of pole-vaulting's appeal lay in its not being something we were able to do ourselves.
- Another traditional sport popular in Friesland is fierljeppen, a form of pole-vaulting.
- Corners may need to be cut, a spot of moral pole-vaulting may be in order to stay ahead of the posse.