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Elizabeth's Winston, pestered by a swarm of thunder flies, began to curvet alarmingly.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tigers walk treadmills, horses curvet superbly and Harry Rittely sits atop seven tables and topples over backwards.

From Time Magazine Archive

The wary horsemen stand out in the open; some of them make their horses prance and curvet to show their mettle, and lay bets with one another.

From A Hungarian Nabob by R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet) Bain

On his way thither, he witched the world of Nismes with his noble horsemanship, making his charger bound and prance and curvet, greatly to the delight of the immense crowd that followed him.

From The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles

A low whinny and something like a suppressed curvet was Dick's reply, and it was followed by a sharp exclamation.

From The Red Mustang by William O. Stoddard

The birds that had settled upon the field rose again at the return of the horses, and curveted in a long fluttering line above their heads.

From A Dozen Ways Of Love by Lily Dougall

He curveted past me into the sitting-room, and when I got there after shutting the front door I found him reading Aunt Agatha's cable and giggling in a rummy sort of manner.

From Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

Jerry pranced and curveted, and finally shot forward his rider, or rather his burden, headforemost, a distance of several feet into the water.

From Wau-bun The Early Day in the Northwest by Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie

It pranced and curveted and showed much spirit.

From Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley by Carrie de Voe

As Desdemona curveted down past Finn the tip of her gaily-waving tail was allowed once to glance over the Irish wolfhound's wiry coat; the merest suggestion of a touch.

From Jan A Dog and a Romance by Norman Rockwell

Let me read it for you, dear Tanty, the picture hangs a little high and those curveting letters are hard to decipher.

From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle

"Oh, do stop!" she continued to the horse who now on the level again, began sidling and curveting.

From Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem by Howard Pyle

Only half a dozen followed him; his horse fell almost immediately under a rifle ball; one of the braves picked up the chief and bore him away; the rest dispersed, prancing and curveting.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest

There was a rapid mounting, and in five minutes they were all on horseback, curveting in circles, and brandishing their lances, but without advancing.

From Overland by J. W. (John William) De Forest

Nevertheless, the gentle and well-fed mule of a curate goes as far as the curveting palfrey of a knight.

From The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades by Eugène Sue

At Sundra Straits, he curvetted over the mountains and jungles of Sumbawa, Dutch island.

From Time Magazine Archive

Over Dayton, Ohio, last week curvetted three new little airplanes, undergoing rigorous U. S. Army Air Corps tests in its present search for an advanced type training plane.

From Time Magazine Archive

Twenty feet above Aslan and Digory he snorted, neighed, and curvetted.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

Shaggy wildebeests curvetted and plunged with a ferocity both ludicrous and sinister; elands as heavy as prize cattle trotted away with shaking dewlaps.

From A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open by Theodore Roosevelt

The hat, like a live thing with the devil in it, bounded and curvetted wildly, doubled away from Dale, dodged Rachel, and sprang right over Norah's head, threatening to make for the open sea.

From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell

Alfredo, made his pony caper and look hard to ride, curvetting, sidling, closer and closer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The horses can smell the tiger scent and begin neighing and curvetting, trying to get away from it.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

But in this instance he has rendered with great skill the curvetting spring of the bull into the air and the lightness of the motion in contrast with the weight of the body.

From Artists Past and Present Random Studies by Elisabeth Luther Cary

Startled eyes of hazel bland Kindling, growing larger, Up thou leanest with a spring, Full of prank and curvetting, Leaping like a charger.

From The Dog's Book of Verse by Various

The day of our reception, in curvetting about, he fell from his horse and had suffered various pains ever since.

From Southern Arabia by Theodore Bent