| 1. | The little boat that scull'd him from the sloop, now held in leash I see. - from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman |
| 2. | pleasant leash Withoute jealousy, or such debat. - from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer |
| 3. | Sirrah, I am sworn brother to a leash of drawers an. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | Twice I fancied I saw a solitary white, ape-like creature running rather quickly up the hill, and once near the ruins I saw a leash of them carrying some dark body. - from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells |
| 5. | The angry borzois whined and getting free of the leash rushed past the horses' feet at the wolf. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 6. | Chekmar held in leash three formidable wolfhounds, who had, however, grown fat like their master and his horse. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 7. | Once a leash of thin black whips, like the arms of an octopus, flashed across the sunset and was immediately withdrawn, and afterwards a thin rod rose up, joint by joint, bearing at its apex a circular disk that spun with a wobbling motion. - from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells |
| 8. | The pack on leash rushed downhill in full cry after the hare, and from all sides the borzois that were not on leash darted after the hounds and the hare. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 9. | Simon sighed and stooped to straighten the leash a young borzoi had entangled the count too sighed and, noticing the snuffbox in his hand, opened it and took a pinch. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |