The voice of the leader seems to betray great emotions as he reads the lines and begins to sing.
Church services are opened with song; a leader may occupy his place at a central table or chair, select a song and begin to sing.
The leader often lines his song aloud, reading sometimes one, sometimes two lines, then singing.
If the song is correctly rendered the leader or one part of the chorus sing the first part or take the words of one of the speakers, while the other chorus take up the other speaker's words.
The process is the same: a leaderbegins to sing, another joins in the singing, then another and another until the majority of those present are singing.
At first they followed a leader to a simple melody, keeping step and working into a rhythmic swing.
Or they may wait for the "speerit" and a leader from the pews may begin to sing, others join in the song, while the congregation begins to gather in the church.
On the other hand, the congregation often gives the leader a start when he lags, and both together keep the song going until they are ready to stop singing or to begin another song.
Sometimes they all sang; sometimes the leader sang the leading part and all joined in the chorus with more satisfactory effect.
One other will be added, giving the expression of a present-day negro leader toward the songs of the slave, as the best interpretation that has come from within the race.
It is the duty of the class leader to see to the religious welfare of the members.
Not infrequently a negro who has assumed the position of song leader sings a line while the others join in with a chorus of singing and shouting.
In the important operations which were soon to take place with the main army in the vicinity of New York, Arnold was the leader best qualified for the task.
He greatly admired General Arnold as the bravest leader in the line, whose courage, whose heroism, whose fearlessness had brought him signal successes.
Our leader and our guide in these matters, Mr. Anderson, has made known to us that this business of recruiting has been a great success.
Arnold, you must remember, was the most successful leader in the field and the officer most prized by the Commander-in-chief.
He was theleader of the 'Knights of the Blended Rose.
Carefully were they sought for at times, the blazing torch carried by their leader being often requisite for the search.
Every day they have slain a pig," said the leader of the drums.
Banker Hilary's grandfather, a leader among gentlemen horsemen of that good day, had been of those who instituted it--a fact upon which no turf scribe had failed to dilate when telling the glories of the course.
You shall be a popular orator and leader all day to-morrow.
Their leader walked proudly at the head of the irregular procession; and as the crowd continued to shout and yell, "Peace with France!
He led the way rapidly, and the crowd, always easily guided and pliable, followed its improvised leader with loud acclamations.
Such trials would have crushed the spirits of any but the bravest, and with a less resolute leaderthan Sam, despair would have made the others indifferent to their surroundings.
As calmly and sternly as the cavalry leader wheels his battalions into line in front of the murderous artillery which he intends to charge, Sam Willett made his preparations for the passage of the rapids.
As the leaderof the little party, Sam Willett, strode ahead, the deepening shadows of the mountains impelled him each instant to a quicker pace.
The leader of this band was a man named Blanco, which is the Spanish word for white, though in this case it seemed to be misapplied.
And among them there sprang up a leader named Vercingetorix, who in his way was almost as great a genius as Cæsar himself, possessed of boundless courage and hardihood.
He was slow to come to decisions and too deliberate to make a militaryleader of the highest order.
On the night of August fifth, 1915, we are told, Miss Cavell was tying up the wounds of a wounded German soldier, when a group of armed men entered the room and their leadertold her roughly that she was under arrest.
With shouts of delight the outlaws called upon their leader to pay the penalty.
Before he was in his teens he had become the acknowledged leader of the boys in his neighborhood, and he was fond of engaging with them in various athletic games.
But in spite of all these drawbacks they were a brave and hardy people, lacking only a great leader to become a nation whose influence would be felt throughout the world.
Although they had an idea of the odds against which they must fight, their confidence in their leader was so great that they had no doubt in their minds that victory would be theirs.
He had formed a friendship with the brother of Robespierre, a revolutionary leader who came under the displeasure of the Republic.
A second day of fair weather determined the anxious young men to set out in search of poor Wilkins, lest the savages should have left their fastnesses in the rock, to follow their leader in his bush-ranging excursions.
He believed in co-operation, his father having been a leader in every farmers' organization in Nova Scotia for more than twenty years.
To show that they were talking neither Tory nor Grit, the Western farmers proceeded to waylay the Leader of the Opposition, Hon.
On top of all the other troubles of the first year the farmers lost a valuable leader in the death of the president of the Co-Operative Elevator Company, W.
Senator Lougheed, leader in the Upper House, withdrew the offending clause on behalf of the Government, although the Government felt that the farmers were unduly excited.
Then came a resolution, expressing the thanks of the shareholders to the President--and this moment was chosen by the leader of the revolt to spin his pin-wheels.
In the long speech which was then made by the leader of the critics the President was declared responsible for all the alleged mismanagement and his retention in office undesirable.
So both Tartars and Moal made Chinghis himself theirleader and captain.
DIR, as indicating a tract, apparently of very rugged and difficult character, through which the partizan leader Nigúdar passed in making an incursion from Badakhshan towards Káshmir.
And Chinghis addressed the Tartars and Moal, saying: 'It is because we have no leaderthat we are thus oppressed by our neighbours.
Khajlak is mentioned as a leader of the Mongol raids in India by the poet Amir Khusrú (A.
The leader only, and two others, were kept in custody.
They must await his return, or commit a flagrant act of illegality; for Don Louis was at liberty to choose whom he pleased for officers, as he was the sole leader of the expedition, and alone responsible for its conduct.
The famous leader of the salteadores, whose band has been desolating the province for a year, is called El Buitre.
On the death of Gordon, the leader of the orchestra at Drury Lane, Arne accepted the appointment which was virtually that of conductor.
But he had never once yielded since the night when a man with the eye and voice of a leader among men had come to the house in Harris Street and taken him by the hand.
He placed before the leader of the British Force intercepted telegrams which threw invaluable light on Dutch moves.
The same hour which brought the breakfast tray brought Mrs. Heath's social secretary and those duties which lie incumbent upon a leader of society's most exploited and inner circles.
A flush of manhood, a look of shame, into the face of their leader came.
First stands Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, preeminent as the leader in the whole movement.
On taking his seat in the council, he was at once recognized by friends and foes as the leader of the North--the representative of the anti-slavery men of the free States.
During the last Congress he was the leader of the Democracy in the House of Representatives, and by his management secured the admission of Oregon into the Union.
When the Pierce administration went out, Mr. Davis was reelected United States Senator, and he has latterly been looked upon as a Democratic leader in the Senate.
Father Parsons, the writer of it, was himself the leader and director of the Jesuit invasion, and cannot be supposed to have misrepresented the purpose for which they had been sent over.
On the death of this leader he repaired to Venice, where he lived by his pen.
Richer was seized by certain emissaries of a Catholic leader as he entered the college of the Cardinal, and carried off to prison, from which he was ultimately released on the intercession of his friends and of the University.
Molinos has been considered the leader and founder of the Quietism of the seventeenth century.
His cheeks were puffed out and the bitten mustaches bristled like the whiskers of a gray old leader of the timber-wolves.
If you haven't been the leader in the mad scramble for riches here in this abandoned city, you have been only a step behind the leaders.
But Mary had executed some of those taken in Wyatt's insurrection without regular process, though their leader had his trial by a jury.
At the close of the next day the travelers came to the edge of the forest, and tarried while their leader lit the fire at the roots of the oak.
In a peaceful valley there lived a number of people whose leader dwelt on the hill and guided the tillers of the soil, weaving into their lives many lessons of truth.
Their leader went forward, and, seeing the darkness of the dense woods, was convinced of the impossibility of his people going through it, without the aid of a light to guide them.
One player from the row selected by the leader now steps forward behind the odd player and says, trying to disguise his voice, "Guess who stands behind you!
Should he name an animal that has horns, all of the players lift their fingers in similar manner, but should he name an animal such as a cat, that has no horns, any player that lifts his fingers in imitation of the leader is out of the game.
Beside the leader of each file is a box or basket; or a circle may be drawn on the ground instead.
The leader takes this opportunity to secure one for himself, and the player who is left without a seat becomes leader for the next game, or must distribute the forfeits.
The sheep then start out, but must all follow their leader "like sheep," looking for the wolf in each place where the leader may search for him.
As this reverses the relative position of runners who are gaining or losing ground, it is a feature that may be used by a judicious leader to add much merriment and zest to the game.
The leaderof the opposite party then calls, "Up, Jenkins!
When there is more than one wolf, the leader halts his sheep whenever he spies a wolf, whether it be the original wolf or not, and all of the wolves join in the chase when the sheep run back to the pen.
The success of the game depends largely upon the judgment of the leader in giving the commands, "Right (or left) face!
The division whose original leader first gets back to his starting place wins the game.
This is a game of leapfrog in which the leader (first over) sets feats for the others to perform, as in Follow the Leader, any player who fails taking the place of the back.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "leader" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
