capered
Example Sentences
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"We don't have the means to pay for her studies," she explained from their home's back courtyard, where young children capered about and two rams watched from an enclosure.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Her two dogs, Emma and Bubba, capered into Speier’s sunny living and dining room, lightening the mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2023
Addie, a lefty who mastered the monkey bars at two, capered about like a leprechaun, indifferent to the fate of her swooping forehands.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 18, 2016
It was early spring at 8 Hands Farm in Cutchogue and a dozen baby lambs capered about in the barn they shared with ewes, rams, a litter of Tamworth pigs and a chicken named Bitty.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2015
Guapo capered around, his black sombrero bobbing over his skullface.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
