larking

Example Sentences

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Huntley painted a picture of a hosepipe, a bucket of water and soapsuds - and that of a man and his dog larking about.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

"During the months we filmed together, baby Tonka and I became good friends, playing and grooming each other and just generally larking about," Cumming told Variety.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2022

Yet we still go larking lightly into these wars and lollygag as we leave them.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2021

To Rogan, McInnes is just a larking, misunderstood provocateur.

From Slate • Mar. 21, 2019

At one level, it was just us kids larking about.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro