When he appears, a clergyman at once pounces on him to apply for tickets for the dinner, and is followed by a farmer, who must have a form and an explanation how to fill it up.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
The hawk had been restored to its perch; but the gauntlet no longer shielded her wrist; and the pounces of the bird, penetrating the tender skin, had drawn blood.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid
Then suddenly he is overcome with gluttony, pounces on the bone and crushes it between his teeth.
"Look Back on Happiness"
Knut Hamsun