gallivant

Example Sentences

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Deer regularly gallivant into neighborhoods, jumping fences and lounging on front lawns.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Look at the massive Seville cityscape here, by an unknown painter from around 1660, in which men of lighter and darker skin tones gossip and gallivant on the riverbank as galleons sail by.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

The other besieged children gallivant just as vivaciously, among them Charlie Hodson-Prior as Bruce, Winter Jarrett-Glasspool as Amanda and Rei Yamauchi Fulker as Lavender.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2022

Twice he won the Grand Prix, and on those special nights, he’d take his shiny new trophy and gallivant with friends around the festive streets of downtown Long Beach until early morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2021

“You know better than to gallivant around wearing corsets and carrying firearms. You’re in your last year! I expect better from students about to graduate.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland