LEADING in a Sentence

Learn LEADING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for LEADING, such as:
1. Get on the interstate leading toward Miami.
2. Many allow him to be the leading artist in his field.
3. It seemed a rustling covert leading to enchanted glades.
4. She's looked on as the leading authority on the subject.
5. The paper's leading article described the government as weak.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of LEADING
leading
 n.  thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing
 a.  going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He mounted School House Hill at her side and walked on in silence till they reached the lane leading to the saw-mill; then the need of some definite assurance grew too strong for him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In II
2  It seemed a rustling covert leading to enchanted glades.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In V
3  He stood on the blackened foundation stones of the burned building, looked down the long avenue of trees leading toward the road and swore lustily, with a joy too deep for thankful prayer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
4  Then feet shuffled up the back-porch stairs and into the passageway leading to the main house, stopping in the hall just outside the dining room.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  John Wilkes always held his barbecues there, on the gentle slope leading down to the rose garden, a pleasant shady place and a far pleasanter place, for instance, than that used by the Calverts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  Grinning negroes, excited as always at a party, were leading the animals to the barnyard to be unharnessed and unsaddled for the day.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  Her hand was behind her, still holding the knob, when Honey Wilkes' voice, low pitched, almost in a whisper, came to her through the crack of the opposite door leading into the bedroom.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  He couldn't be when he's been mentioned in dispatches and when Colonel Sloan wrote that letter to Melly all about his gallant conduct in leading the charge.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
9  I am tempting you with bonnets and bangles and leading you into a pit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
10  They passed the lot where the Meade house had stood and there remained of it only a forlorn pair of stone steps and a walk, leading up to nothing.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
11  The bluntness of his question ruined all hopes of leading up to the matter in any circuitous and sentimental way.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
12  She opened the door a crack and saw Frank leading a heaving, stumbling horse into the carriage house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
13  And he might have at least kissed her in front of Mammy who, after bobbing a curtsy, was leading Bonnie away down the hall to the nursery.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
14  She stood for a moment remembering small things, the avenue of dark cedars leading to Tara, the banks of cape jessamine bushes, vivid green against the white walls, the fluttering white curtains.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXIII
15  She was as unreasonable as an amateur leading woman on a first night, and he was reduced to humility.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Above the treeline take a grassy path leading steeply towards the summit.
2  Many leading scientists do not consider that science can give absolutely reliable knowledge.
3  If only our horse can get ahead of the leading runner,it can win the race.
4  Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for American women in their forties.
5  David Mamet has long been considered the leading American playwright of his generation.
6  A leading article in "The Times" accused the minister of lying.
7  The paper's leading article described the government as weak.
8  Many allow him to be the leading artist in his field.
9  The author characterized the leading character in the novel as a dauntless hero.
10  She's looked on as the leading authority on the subject.
11  Get on the interstate leading toward Miami.
12  The road leading to the farm was little more than a dirt track.
13  The bones begin to grind against each other, leading to pain and deformity.
14  Opposition demonstrators have erected barricades in roads leading to the parliament building.
15  Several leading creatives are involved in the advertising campaign.