caracole
Example Sentences
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He began to rear and caracole as if he were about to suffer transformation into a colt.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crude might of the queen was transformed into refined power, restrained and directed by a system of sparkling levers; the pawns grew cleverer; the knights stepped forth with a Spanish caracole .
From Time Magazine Archive
The dignified and stern headmaster was actually seen to dandle infants and to caracole upon the hearthrug on all fours.
From Eminent Victorians by Strachey, Giles Lytton
He went about it as steadily and deliberately as the horses go to plough; no attempt to caracole in the furrow, ready to stand still as long as you like.
From Amaryllis at the Fair by Jefferies, Richard
When she found herself alone, she let her pony prance and caracole under a great pear-tree, and inwardly chafed against Anton.
From Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag by Freytag, Gustav
