frolicsome

Example Sentences

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The staging is frolicsome but visually monotonous — a problem for a play that is much longer than it needs to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 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

“Tartuffe: Born Again” might not satisfy purists, but anyone looking for a frolicsome encounter with a classic comedy in the most divine natural setting will leave with a smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2024

Some get frolicsome only here and there or even here or there.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2021

On the contrary, he had all the captivating ways of a frolicsome kitten.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende