curvet
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Tigers walk treadmills, horses curvet superbly and Harry Rittely sits atop seven tables and topples over backwards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elizabeth's Winston, pestered by a swarm of thunder flies, began to curvet alarmingly.
From Time Magazine Archive
On his way thither, he witched the world of Nismes with his noble horsemanship, making his charger bound and prance and curvet, greatly to the delight of the immense crowd that followed him.
From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles
The wary horsemen stand out in the open; some of them make their horses prance and curvet to show their mettle, and lay bets with one another.
From A Hungarian Nabob by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain
The horse, indeed, starts with his heels in the air, and will curvet and gallop and perform as many tricks as a tumbler.
From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Herbert Strang
It pranced and curveted and showed much spirit.
From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Carrie de Voe
All that afternoon the two boys curveted over the surrounding scenery,—careful to keep their distance from the whirlwind of fire-heated air, for they were flying low.
From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee
And at this the dog yelped again and curveted sheer across the room.
From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus
The birds that had settled upon the field rose again at the return of the horses, and curveted in a long fluttering line above their heads.
From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Lily Dougall
He was silent for a moment, and the horse curveted gracefully under him, as if in doubt whether to gallop away again, or to ask his rider to get off.
From Ahead of the Army by C. Chase Emerson
When she recovered self-possession enough to peep out, she saw that the young man's horse was curveting back and forth across the big road in a most alarming manner.
From Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks
"I like you better, Charley," said she, curveting her horse, and passaging him alternately from side to side.
From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
He was superbly mounted, and his long body made a heroic figure on the curveting charger.
From The Missourian by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
Let me read it for you, dear Tanty, the picture hangs a little high and those curveting letters are hard to decipher.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle
Then she would watch Absalom with all the confidence of happy anticipation, as he rode off down the mountain with his hair flaunting, and his spurs jingling, and his shy young horse curveting.
From His "Day In Court" 1895 by A. B. (Arthur Burdett) Frost
Over Dayton, Ohio, last week curvetted three new little airplanes, undergoing rigorous U. S. Army Air Corps tests in its present search for an advanced type training plane.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Sundra Straits, he curvetted over the mountains and jungles of Sumbawa, Dutch island.
From Time Magazine Archive
Twenty feet above Aslan and Digory he snorted, neighed, and curvetted.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
Her horse curvetted, arched his neck, played pretty tricks at command, and was long-legged enough to carry her swiftly over the ground if she so desired.
From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe
By the time the steed had pranced and curvetted a little, Errington's thoughts had turned into some of their usual graver channels, and Katherine Liddell was—well, not absolutely forgotten.
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Mrs. Alexander
Alfredo, made his pony caper and look hard to ride, curvetting, sidling, closer and closer.
From Time Magazine Archive
The horses can smell the tiger scent and begin neighing and curvetting, trying to get away from it.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
"Have you seen them, grandpapa?" she asked, curvetting round him, as he proceeded at gentle pace across the lawn.
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres
The day of our reception, in curvetting about, he fell from his horse and had suffered various pains ever since.
From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent
She could not be merry and ride in triumph up-stairs on kind curvetting Sarah's willing back, while her friend was "uncomferable inside."
From The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers by Mary Cholmondeley
