frolic

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Together, the fast pals frolic around the city until one fateful day Robot gets stranded at Coney Island at the end of summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

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

Cilia reported to Johnny that Lieutenant Stranger did, indeed, attend Miss Lavinia’s handsome frolic and a more gloomy young man she had never seen.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

There are spats and hugs, frolics and bonding, and not much thrust to the tale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025

"A lot's happened since Alfie's been away from the Square but wherever his floral shirts go you can expect fun, frolics and, of course, the odd porky-pie," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022

In the song’s music video, partly filmed in Las Vegas, Anitta frolics around the desert in a cropped plaid shirt, drinks champagne and hits casinos in a limo.

From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

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

The border collie, who’s been enlisted to shoot daily videos for French TV, frolicked up and down the carpet ahead of the opening ceremony.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

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

Two jaguar cubs snarled at each other in play as they frolicked on the dirt floor.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Opening credits of Warner Bros.’ 1990s sitcom “Friends,” featured the then 20-something cast members frolicking in a fountain near the center of the lot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 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

Cruise operators have spent decades cultivating an atmosphere at sea with Broadway musicals, lively casinos and crowds of kids frolicking in pools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026

Oregon officials have pushed back forcefully, flooding their own social media with images of colorful cafe tables, sun-drenched farmers markets, rose gardens in full bloom and parks bursting with children, families and frolicking dogs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

COLIC: colicky frolic: frolicked, frolicker, frolicking GARLIC: garlicky mimic: mimicked, mimicking panic: panicked, panicking, panicky picnic: picnicked, picnicker, picnicking POLITICS: politicker, politicking traffic: trafficked, trafficker, trafficking playwright.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner