caracole
Example Sentences
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The crude might of the queen was transformed into refined power, restrained and directed by a system of sparkling levers; the pawns grew cleverer; the knights stepped forth with a Spanish caracole .
From Time Magazine Archive
He began to rear and caracole as if he were about to suffer transformation into a colt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles Larkyns takes possession of the dog-cart, in company with Mary and Fanny Green, and little Mr. Bouncer; while Huz and Buz, released from their weary imprisonment, caracole gracefully around the vehicle.
From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert
"Pretty figures we shall cut on ponies while Aramis and Porthos caracole on their steeds."
From The Three Musketeers by Dumas père, Alexandre
Sunshine revisited the countenance of Master Jeremy Sparrow; he swung his great body into the saddle, gathered up the reins, and made the mare to caracole across the path for very joy.
From To Have and to Hold by Johnston, Mary
