frolicsome
Example Sentences
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Gleiberman concluded the film is "lighter, more frolicsome, less lead-footed than such clomping live-action Disney remakes as Alice in Wonderland and Beauty and the Beast".
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2025
And the version we love and know best is the frolicsome, often gaudy pleasure pier, redolent of the scents of corn dogs and popcorn and fishy waters.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
Some get frolicsome only here and there or even here or there.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2021
The hues of the production create a theatrical world unto itself, allowing the frolicsome choreography of Kelly Devine to move with unflashy freedom.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021
I’m guided by the pure Anne within, but on the outside I’m nothing but a frolicsome little goat tugging at its tether.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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