frolicsome
Example Sentences
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With her pulled-back hair, buttoned-up shirts and long skirts, and a tone with Cécile that’s friendly yet auntie-ish, Anne brings to the frolicsome vibe a cooling maturity, a kind of watchfulness.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
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
She is followed by Veranica, a cheerful tween who leads a quintet of trained dogs through a frolicsome routine.
From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2022
Some get frolicsome only here and there or even here or there.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 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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