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It may also continue to haunt us forever after, as in the bone-clanking, teeth-chattering, spookily percussive 1929 animated Disney cartoon frolic, “The Skeleton Dance.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

It’s a rare chance for the kids in this neighbourhood to play outside together, in a space big enough to frolic and safe from traffic.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Traipsing through genres and time periods, these excursions are an opportunity for Bi and his creative team to frolic in various cinematic sandboxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025

There, the boys frolic and dream amid cinder block walls.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

“Dear fellows! It does my heart good to see them forget business and frolic for a day,” answered Jo, who now spoke in a maternal way of all mankind.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

It also includes unseen live performances and backstage frolics.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2021

When it’s not locked, her son frolics in the playground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2020

In it, a mermaid looks at the Atlantic through a telescope as a seal frolics near her fin.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2019

When someone frolics at the nadir for as long as he has, there’s nowhere to go but sideways.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2018

“I don’t mean to act any more after this time. I’m getting too old for such things,” observed Meg, who was as much a child as ever about ‘dressing-up’ frolics.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

"It's getting beyond a joke for a small country town," Peter Hainsworth, 81, told AFP as tourists frolicked on the rolling hills nearby.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

In Chicago, people who would normally be in winter gear to fight off the city’s famously bitter winter winds instead frolicked around Lake Michigan’s shores in light jackets or even shorts and T-shirts.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024

These huge, nearly grown cats frolicked, racing beside our ATV as we drove the fence line and sparring on their hind legs—behavior I’d seen only in wild tigers.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 2, 2023

Gaetz frolicked in the pungent aroma of his own stench like a dog admiring its flatulence.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

Two more blue whales frolicked in the distance, keeping out of their way.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

The city sprawl quickly gave way to stone-walled fields full of dazzling yellow rape and spring-green grass dotted with sheep and frolicking lambs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Some videos show puppies frolicking or close-ups of squirrels, others stream loops of squishy toys enjoyed by other animals or humans.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

When she was ruling Egypt and frolicking with Mark Antony, the Sphinx had already been buried up to its neck in sand for thousands of years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2025

Two things sprang to mind as I watched one astronaut on the moon, and then another astronaut running, hopping, and frolicking on the moon.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia