frolicking

Example Sentences

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He’s bemused in retrospect by the strange spectacle of a “little white boy in short trousers” frolicking with a Black man old enough to be his father.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 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

There are light, fond echoes of François Truffaut’s frolicking ode to cinematic fakery “Day for Night” and Ingmar Bergman’s bumpy ride on memory road “Wild Strawberries.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

The Dodgers easily swept the best-of-three duel with the overmatched Reds on Wednesday at Dodger Stadium with a frolicking 8-4 victory … just in time to uneasily hike into the home of heated hardball.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2025

To Gingersnipes’s shock and delight, he bounded on all fours, leaping, frolicking, plunging into the Afterlife with the joyful abandon of a kit.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman