frolic

It’s a rare chance for the kids in this neighbourhood to play outside together, in a space big enough to frolic and safe from traffic.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

This was not the barefoot frolic I knew from picnics, not the game of lazy parabolas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

There, the boys frolic and dream amid cinder block walls.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

With this multitude of bright blossoms and fragrant flowers surrounding me, I can almost forget my drippy sinuses and frolic in appreciation of the season.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2024

While the other bonobos loved to frolic, he barely moved all day.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Most of the country frolics into fall with hot spiced drinks and cute chunky sweaters, but in L.A., we’re forced to cosplay the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024

Beatrix Potter’s tales about the frolics and misadventures of Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck and other animals have charmed children around the globe for well over a century.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

It also includes unseen live performances and backstage frolics.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021

In it, a mermaid looks at the Atlantic through a telescope as a seal frolics near her fin.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2019

“I don’t mean to act any more after this time. I’m getting too old for such things,” observed Meg, who was as much a child as ever about ‘dressing-up’ frolics.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"It's getting beyond a joke for a small country town," Peter Hainsworth, 81, told AFP as tourists frolicked on the rolling hills nearby.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

At the Winnick Family Children’s Zoo in Los Angeles, Maury Laham, 71, stood at the railing of the sea lion exhibit as two sleek animals frolicked in the rushing water below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

These huge, nearly grown cats frolicked, racing beside our ATV as we drove the fence line and sparring on their hind legs—behavior I’d seen only in wild tigers.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 2, 2023

Gaetz frolicked in the pungent aroma of his own stench like a dog admiring its flatulence.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

Little lights moving like worms frolicked before his eyes, and the breath of despair had a nasty smell.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Some videos show puppies frolicking or close-ups of squirrels, others stream loops of squishy toys enjoyed by other animals or humans.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

The frolicking angels populate concentric bands of other clouds that extend upward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026

There are light, fond echoes of François Truffaut’s frolicking ode to cinematic fakery “Day for Night” and Ingmar Bergman’s bumpy ride on memory road “Wild Strawberries.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Red and orange, a dragon and his mate frolicking amongst the clouds . . . wait, dragons?

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin