somersaults

Example Sentences

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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 • Jan. 10, 2026

After a Red Bull aerobatic helicopter improbably flipped over its rotor and pulled itself out of a dive at the last second, a group of children near the shore started imitating the maneuver in somersaults.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2025

Stone knits puppets and vaudeville acts, songs and somersaults, as well as melds two groups of people who might not have shared a lunch table in high school — the jocks and the theater geeks.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

His body somersaults, over and over, faster and faster, until it hangs suspended, just above the stage floor.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2024

As I washed my hands and stared at my face in the mirror, my stomach was suddenly doing somersaults.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles