frolic

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

This was not the barefoot frolic I knew from picnics, not the game of lazy parabolas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Together, the fast pals frolic around the city until one fateful day Robot gets stranded at Coney Island at the end of summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024

Cilia reported to Johnny that Lieutenant Stranger did, indeed, attend Miss Lavinia’s handsome frolic and a more gloomy young man she had never seen.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Yuletide frolics are a key part of that strategy.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

Most of the country frolics into fall with hot spiced drinks and cute chunky sweaters, but in L.A., we’re forced to cosplay the season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024

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

At the Winnick Family Children’s Zoo in Los Angeles, Maury Laham, 71, stood at the railing of the sea lion exhibit as two sleek animals frolicked in the rushing water below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2023

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

While the drummers drummed and the dancers danced, hotel guests frolicked with their children in the water.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Every Sunday is different, but my ideal Sunday would be one of food, family, friends and frolicking throughout the city.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 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

There are light, fond echoes of François Truffaut’s frolicking ode to cinematic fakery “Day for Night” and Ingmar Bergman’s bumpy ride on memory road “Wild Strawberries.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

Oregon officials have pushed back forcefully, flooding their own social media with images of colorful cafe tables, sun-drenched farmers markets, rose gardens in full bloom and parks bursting with children, families and frolicking dogs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

The two cubs were frolicking in the corner of the cave.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis