somersault

Example Sentences

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My old heart started turning somersaults; and something that felt like a thousand-legged centipede jiggled its way up my spine.

From Literature

Lots of room for Nim to float and somersault and stand on her hands, and for Fred to dash and dive and for Selkie to swish splash the water through the Keyhole Rock.

From Literature

By the time I sat down to dinner, that happiness was doing somersaults of excitement in my stomach.

From Literature

By twelve, she could tuck her chin to her chest and throw herself forward, somersaulting in the wind.

From Literature

Adopting the moniker of Prince, the fleet-footed fighter entertained the masses with his leopard-print shorts and somersaults into the boxing ring.

From BBC