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Playful and gory, the cartoonish paintings of Dee Dee Ramone, bassist for The Ramones, are every bit as shocking as their creator.

“Highly inquisitive, highly playful, always cheerful,” he recalls.

A study in American military control, a haunting sui generis novel, and a playful new short story collection.

As that clip played, Camille leaned over and gave her husband a playful poke in the ribs.

Their playful exhibitions are often meant to be interactive and instill a childlike sense of joy in the viewer.

They were very playful and inclined to talk—to do anything but lie quiet and go to sleep.

Away in the meadows the lights of his men's torches darted hither and thither like playful jack-o'-lanterns.

Then he said with a playful sadness: "A moment ago you were not completely innocent of irony, were you?"

Do not be fond of shewing my letter; the playful effusions of friendship would be construed by strangers as gross vanity.

I saw Mary Belle transformed from an ordinary playful scamp of a lamb to a primped and perfect darling of the show-ring.