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    Use "lead" in a sentence

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    lead


    leading


    leads


    led


    1. to profit, which lead thee by the way that thou should go


    2. From here a back hall lead into the kitchen and stairs to the back-office chambers deep in the building


    3. On her way back to Yorthops, Ava heard feet on the spiral staircase that lead down to the office levels


    4. Just after the last one, the corridor became a wide and gradual staircase that lead to the floor above and a bridge to a court atop the next building


    5. · In case it is essential to ignore pain, may be temporarily, say while playing a game or attending to a more serious patient, remember that beyond a certain time this could lead to serious body injury to you


    6. Excessive alcohol consumption and side effects from medications can lead to falls, but ongoing problems with instability should be reported to a physician


    7. not lead you beside still waters and lay you down in green


    8. “Very clear,” Johnny said, biting back remarks that would only lead to having to listen to Ackers talk more


    9. On the other hand, pleasurable thoughts and feelings can lead to muscle relaxation and a sense of well being


    10. "I think it would be reasonable for everybody to loosen up, and spend about 15 to 20 minutes a day laughing," said lead researcher Dr

    11. "I have been lead to believe that you have not been outside the region that the natives call 'The Highlands' if you have not been at least a thousand miles beyond the lake


    12. She looked up the path that lead up to the house


    13. Our engagements after retirement lead to interactions with different kinds of persons, such as immediate family members, near relatives, close friends, old acquaintances and new contacts


    14. This will lead to the below steps, then proceed on to the organic disease higher stress levels in all things associated with this soil


    15. The type of house we live in determines conditions that can lead to cockroach


    16. ' she said, neatly giving me the lead I want


    17. He made his way across the rich carpet and toward the stairs that would lead to the throne


    18. This will finally, lead you to suitable products


    19. Yes, she was a city girl, and silently cursed Tdeshi's hormones for letting them lead her out here


    20. ‘… Inspector Ditton told our reporter that the police are now following up a new lead and hope to make an arrest in the very near future

    21. "I'll lead you there when we're about to leave


    22. unconnected events would lead


    23. "No, that's not what's stopping me, it's looking ahead to where this questioning will lead


    24. for your gift that will help, that will let me lead another such life


    25. It took another hour before her battered old car finally struggled up the winding roads and steep hills that lead to his remote home in South-West County Wickford


    26. He spun her round, stepped towards her, took the lead, and off they sped,


    27. trolley at the lead woman of the pack, turned on her heel and marched out of the store


    28. Source of our healing! The smallest deviation from the course can lead a


    29. " Glenelle's head was swirling on the verge of going into shock while Ava calmly lead her inside and thru the house


    30. The lead rat then took up

    31. Solve the first crime and it would lead him to the girl he was looking for


    32. Ricci sits beside his driver, glances back at the long row of trucks following the lead truck, smiles


    33. Off to the side of the road, a fire truck hoses off the wreckage of the lead truck, which smolders


    34. her mother’s choice, the path that lead to feeding on carrion, of chasing down the


    35. embrace he let himself be lead to the far corner of the olive grove


    36. If there was a chance of finding a warm lead then his financial affairs could be sorted out later


    37. armor-plated silver Mercedes limo at the lead of the column as dozens of soldiers jump out of jeeps and APCs with weapons drawn


    38. When we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, He begins to lead us through


    39. He is with us, to lead us on this earth, until the end filling us with


    40. Taking her arm, I lead her into the lounge and settle her on the sofa

    41. That made the score 5 to 3 with us still in the lead


    42. But we can lose it if we lead a sinful way of life


    43. ‘You okay?’ he asked quietly as we cross the flagstones and head for the steps which lead into the garden


    44. simple fact that Smith could hang thoughts from this shape inevitably lead Him to


    45. It seemed to circle with the lead animal coming back to face the driver and the re-entering shuttlecraft


    46. Word, so that He could guide you and lead you out of any problem, any


    47. Still, it was a privilege to be on an interstellar voyage, a seedship at that, aimed at the enemy that had lead to the destruction of Immortal Talstan


    48. debates and the huge, towering hopes that lead all men down to a straw bed


    49. An individual can never lead unless they also


    50. Good leaders must show the same care for those they lead














































    1. · Place bells or chimes on doors leading to the outside to alert you when the patient leaves the house


    2. According to a leading life insurer, 'life expectancy is likely to rise from 77 years to 85 years over the next decade


    3. Fear, for example, can trigger release of the hormone adrenaline, causing the heart to pump faster and leading to physical sensations such as palpitations and sweating


    4. “There are two sets of stairs and an elevator leading down,” Vinnie said beside Johnny as he consulted a schematic of the building


    5. He slipped the computer into his pocket and headed for the stairs leading into the basement


    6. We have created these possessions as we felt their need in leading a comfortable life


    7. The two hour ride to the Gengee waterfront was uneventful except for a huge tie-up as they approached a bridge on the road leading into the city


    8. AA very reasonably large company have recently bought 50,000 shares wholly through a leading stockbroker


    9. STUDENT 3 sits on steps leading up to the second floor, cleans his toenails with a large knife


    10. ’ I agreed, following her down the path leading to the back of the shop

    11. ‘They keep a butler?’ I whispered in awe as we make our way along a corridor leading towards the back of the house


    12. He opened a gate into a field in which there was nothing but a hill of grass with a path leading down to it


    13. Desire - Moses was willing to take upon himself the role of leading the children of Israel


    14. In the years leading up to the war, the rhetoric and the hostilities intensified


    15. Caring - Moses cared greatly for the people he was leading


    16. This meeting's published agenda was to review strategy leading up to the encounter with the asteroid they had set in motion on their previous pass thru the brown dwarf's gravity well


    17. shepherds of the flock to be in the front leading and guiding them


    18. It was, in fact, the collapse and corruption of the state that was leading to the new hard line


    19. to keep in prayer those who are leading as elders


    20. They think they are leading the church closer to God, but are actually taking the church away from God because they have assumed a role that is

    21. ’ She said, leading the way to her lounge


    22. God's way is always best; that is with elders guiding and leading the flock


    23. His tastes were leading Bahkmar toward a belief in an idle son of wealth as time unfolded


    24. ’ He said taking my hand and leading me into the hall


    25. Janet searches my face anxiously and appears satisfied when I call at her house, ‘How are you today, Kate?’ she asked, leading me into her kitchen


    26. He has no such qualms, it seems, for he gives me a hug before checking that I have my keys and leading me out to where he’s parked his car


    27. Once the signals were physically connected, he wasted more time before he understood that it was a pointer source leading him to another hardware connector in the game room


    28. The containment frame was still in place, all the plumbing leading to it


    29. We realize how much the vanity and entertainment actually got in the way of God instead of leading us to Him


    30. He led the two women through a doorway into a darkish hallway leading towards the back of the building then, just before they reached the door at the end, he turned and started climbing a narrow, uncarpeted staircase lit by a window halfway up

    31. The boys were leading in the cup final


    32. ’ He said, leading her to the chair by the window


    33. The road leading north of the green lead up to the hills


    34. The road leading west was where the church, the bakers


    35. There were also steps on the sides of the blocks leading up to the second floors of the buildings … separate storage? Glancing up, Kara saw that more guards were evident on the roofs of the buildings


    36. The owner of the circus got out of the leading truck


    37. leading us toward a place in the earth


    38. There was a long throw rug down the center leading to the top of the stairway


    39. ‘Lintze! Are you all right?’ he asked, leading me out into the anteroom, his expression revealing quite clearly what he thinks of my ill-fitting attire


    40. There is a pathway leading to the top from inside this cave

    41. We are all growing up and leading different lives


    42. made their way towards the lane leading out of the village


    43. its report an orphan child leading the pack


    44. leading down on the otherside of the hoop


    45. The track leading up to The Centre isn’t wide enough for three to ride abreast and, taking advantage of the narrowness of the trackway, Berndt sets a more sedate pace as we turn off the main way


    46. A leading question and lacking in foundation


    47. With only a moment’s hesitation, Berndt selects our route and we set off; Berndt leading, me in the middle and Joris bringing up the rear


    48. I waived goodbye to them, deciding within a few seconds that I wasn't going to be killed, as we drove towards the road leading out of the facility


    49. Berndt heads straight for a wayhouse called ‘The Bright Stars’, ducking his head as he rides Adamant under the archway leading into the stable yard, the gg’s hooves clattering on the cobbles of the yard


    50. Even with eyes as big as compact disks, the wonder dog did not notice the fine trail of lentils leading all the way from the girl’s bed to the soldier's suite at the Ritz














































    1. The more leads that you have the more profits you will achieve


    2. Advertising can take place on or off the Internet using newsletters, e-mail automation techniques, or by following leads that are provided by your existing customers


    3. The loss of balance that leads to serious, injury-producing falls can be traced to age-related changes in the brain, diminishing vision, inner ear problems, weakening of the legs and trunk and/or the declining reliability of sensory mechanisms that let the brain know where the limbs are in space


    4. Which leads to the proposition that television may actually have a limited role in heart health "if you watch the right shows and spend your time watching comedies rather than stress-provokers," Miller cautioned


    5. The fjord that leads to the tunnel is a wonderland in itself, great grey cliffs, leaping waterfalls and deep blue water


    6. Practice of Dharma leads to the perfect realisation of essential unity with the Supreme or the final end, the highest good, namely, ‘Moksha’ (liberation)


    7. that leads almost certainly to


    8. She takes him by the hand, leads him to the bed


    9. John sits with five other men on fold-up chairs while a YOUNG PSYCHOLOGIST in a cheap suit leads a session


    10. He walks along a board walkway that leads to the temple

    11. leads us, but we feel it in our heart


    12. This is the way that leads


    13. Violence leads to more and worse violence


    14. CLERIC 4 leads Teekra into the room


    15. A guard steps up, puts a hood over Ricci’s head, leads him to the waiting executioner


    16. The severed head’s animated smile faded slowly as the pipes, leads and motors


    17. 10:4), as he "leads," goes before them


    18. She leads us all to a spacious room, full of chairs


    19. ’ He said quietly smiling as he leads me through a doorway into one of the back sections of the barn, ‘let’s find a quiet corner and spend some time together


    20. The rest of them were outside, finishing up with the capacitors, the emitters, and the control leads

    21. He leads me through what appears to be a labyrinth of darkened school buildings to the small theatre which is where the play is being performed


    22. "The Chief is back!" Rampone left his console and flew over the web of control leads and concatenators


    23. " But my interruption doesn't deter him, rather it leads him to his point


    24. As they approach from the road that leads to her house, I notice Sabrina has her arm around his shoulder


    25. Half carrying me, he leads me into the kitchen where he sits me down at the table


    26. There's an open doorway in the center to his left that Apollo finds leads to the bathroom


    27. There is a tunnel in this dungeon that leads to the river


    28. Hatred leads to murder


    29. Perched on a silver spike, trailing leads and luridly coloured pipe work, Citizen Marat’s head stared back at the committee chairman with eyes as clear and blue as a bright summer afternoon


    30. The severed head’s animated smile faded slowly as the pipes, leads and motors ceased their moment of work, but the eyes remained fixed on Danton

    31. watch over the family for any leads or support


    32. leads me up the stairs on my own tonight


    33. The road that leads south went down into the meadow


    34. that leads east was an industrious area


    35. Trust comes; trust in sleep that leads


    36. It almost leads us to wonder how much can really be said on the Kingdom of God? Yet it is the only subject mentioned that Jesus spoke of for 40 days


    37. As is the case with all roads out of this town, the track leads up a hill, steep in places but coming out after half an hour or so onto a ridge of hills


    38. This in turn leads to a lecture from Wiesse on how important this waterway is as an artery to the West Country, stressing how vital it is for local commerce and going into incredible and extremely boring detail about how it is maintained and how much it costs


    39. The woman leads me into the house


    40. that leads us away from the base of this world

    41. I vow that I shall love and respect you until my life ends, sharing all that I am with you and walking the path you tread wherever it leads


    42. She links her arm through mine and leads me off towards the house, leaving Berndt and Wiesse to deal with the ggs


    43. Clasping my hand, she leads me over to a two-seater sofa and sits down with me


    44. It leads all the way from the port at Bristol to the north


    45. Orens leads me over to a mounting block and steadies Sefir while I swing my leg over her back


    46. She leads me to a room unlike any I have seen so far


    47. To the left beyond it the valley widens as it leads to the sea several miles away… the sea? Are we that far all ready?


    48. It's not that we don't have fully functioning brains, it's that they are over active and sometimes over functioning; this leads to an overload and then to temporary irrationality


    49. From my perspective, mental illness is defined as any abnormal or imbalanced brain activity that leads to inappropriate actions, this being enough for diagnosis and sometimes too soon a course for medication


    50. Berndt catapults himself onto Adamant’s back and, with a brief glance at me to check I am ready, leads off back to the track













































    1. Studies have led to the realization that sexual interest and the need for sexual contact continue throughout the life cycle, although patterns differ somewhat for women and men


    2. He was led up a seemingly endless flight of open backed stairs to a small office


    3. LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness,


    4. “Hurry up, there’s people inside and we still have a Chip to find,” she said angrily as she led the way


    5. It was what had led her to study the field of explosives with such passion and tireless commitment


    6. Description of Disease: Canes turn brown from tips, plants most affected in colder climates, right after winter protection is removed, not a disease itself but can led to disease attack


    7. She giggled and squeezed his hand as she led him out of the taverna and into


    8. He led them up a flight of stairs to a large and softly lit bedroom, where


    9. This determines whether you will be led by fear or faith


    10. do not be led

    11. concerned the believers in Ephes, because Paul was led by the Holy Spirit


    12. The partial bind had led to a state of dependence which Ginger thought was simply deplorable


    13. Just as Moses led those under his charge, elders today must do the same


    14. Full of contempt - Even though this was initially directed toward God it led him to act contemptuously toward all others


    15. The church must always seek to be led in the manner in which God has set forth in his Word


    16. Modern day concepts of the preacher, even among some brethren, have led to an unhealthy


    17. It led with the single, circular visor in the alien suit, set in the center of its main body mass


    18. Jesus is the supreme leader in the church and He led by example


    19. that they would like to be led


    20. Failure to perceive the spiritual principles of the leadership involved in the eldership has led to many destructive, devastating, and disastrous results in too many churches

    21. This type of sentiment has led to a famine of the serving attitude in the church


    22. Finally, a congregation can be led by "Majority Rule" in two ways:


    23. As head of the church, Jesus has chosen that each congregation of his body be overseen, or led by a plurality of


    24. As our rower led us through the stunningly enchanting halls of the cave, such as the Crossroads of Nymphs, the Lake of Exotic Ocean Creatures, the Sea of Shipwrecks complete with a sunken wreck, the Pink Chamber, the White Chamber and the wonderful Red Chamber, the rare beauty of the place took our breath away


    25. They led us out of our cell and along a wide corridor and past empty and dilapidated glass-shelled office spaces, through a set of double doors and up one flight of concrete steps


    26. Like hypnotized, I stood in front of the oblong opening that led to its interior; it gave the impression of an unguarded entrance


    27. Son then walked up the spiral staircase that led to the royal chambers


    28. came to a door at the top of the stairs that led to the middle of a great


    29. that led to the dungeon


    30. led to the river where Lyla waited

    31. He led the two women through a doorway into a darkish hallway leading towards the back of the building then, just before they reached the door at the end, he turned and started climbing a narrow, uncarpeted staircase lit by a window halfway up


    32. Mortality, where he would then be led by the old hunter to the pool of


    33. With that, Son, Lyla, Guard, and an escort of five hundred soldiers led by


    34. When the sun rose, Son and his men began their quest, led by the old


    35. desert that led to the forest


    36. The old hunter led Son to a river and Son drank


    37. When I look back and realized the health crisis that led to my


    38. Reluctantly, Iain stowed his letter in his trouser pocket and, smiling in a friendly fashion, led the way to the car


    39. had run like that as one could have had all the fruits The remains were excavated by archaeologists led for himself, they said: “UBUNTU, how can one of us be by William Kelso of Preservation Virginia, a private happy if all the other ones are sad”?


    40. Setting a firm pace, she strode along the main road that led towards the bridge across the river; the station was on the other side of the river

    41. That led me to new buds


    42. lead which had led them to Hazaribagh only to arrest an


    43. Just beyond that was an alcove of sorts that led a bedroom


    44. Twenty minutes later, and still reeling from the euphoria produced by so many expressions of Joris’s love for her, Kara was led back to the main gate of the compound and released


    45. It didn’t, thank God! I squeezed thru the opening into another area and turned around to see where this had led me


    46. They turned into the barely used path that led down to the


    47. led the way, walking steadily to the entrance of the cave


    48. rocks into a pool which then led away down a channel out of the


    49. They left the back porch and followed a stone path that led to the front of the house


    50. "It was just a HiV LED bank," Alan told her, "Not even a soft laser














































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    Synonyms for "lead"

    lead booster cable jumper cable jumper lead pencil lead leading leash tether spark advance track trail lead-in lede lead story confidential information hint steer tip wind principal star atomic number 82 pb chair moderate conduct direct precede head guide take conduce contribute leave result extend go pass run top president boss king pilot dean vanguard first primary front weight plumb usher escort convey introduce influence entice induce lure persuade seduce allure convince surpass excel overtake beat outstrip

    "lead" definitions

    an advantage held by a competitor in a race


    a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey


    evidence pointing to a possible solution


    a position of being the initiator of something and an example that others will follow (especially in the phrase `take the lead')


    the angle between the direction a gun is aimed and the position of a moving target (correcting for the flight time of the missile)


    the introductory section of a story


    (sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning


    an actor who plays a principal role


    (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base


    an indication of potential opportunity


    a news story of major importance


    the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine


    restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal


    thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing


    mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil


    a jumper that consists of a short piece of wire


    the playing of a card to start a trick in bridge


    take somebody somewhere


    produce as a result or residue


    tend to or result in


    travel in front of; go in advance of others


    cause to undertake a certain action


    stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point


    be in charge of


    be ahead of others; be the first


    be conducive to


    lead, as in the performance of a composition


    lead, extend, or afford access


    move ahead (of others) in time or space


    cause something to pass or lead somewhere


    preside over