frolicsome

Example Sentences

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For the players, there would be no frolicsome Turkey Bowl scrimmage with the upperclassmen acting as coaches.

From Seattle Times

The kea’s frolicsome nature, for instance, “tells us that neither the capacity to be aware of other minds nor the wish to play with them belongs to humans alone,” she writes.

From New York Times

But the writing is frolicsome even when Eurydice finds herself stumbling about the underworld.

From Los Angeles Times

In April 1959, The Times noted the visit by some “frolicsome Bolshoi dancers” on tour, who mostly couldn’t follow the English dialogue but joined the cast backstage for a post-show mambo lesson.

From New York Times

As frolicsome, inventive and smartly subversive as her breakthrough Off Broadway hit, “Men on Boats,” the time-skipping “Wives” is really about sisterhood.

From New York Times