Vocabulary

身を乗り出す

to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)

expression verb

Example sentences

I leaned forward, eager to catch every word he spoke.

The movie got more and more exciting, until at length, people were sitting on the edge of their chairs.

All I could mumble in response was that when I was a man of fifty, my mother would lean out of the window when I left and remind me not to drive too fast.

They leaned out of the window to watch the parade.