curvet
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Tigers walk treadmills, horses curvet superbly and Harry Rittely sits atop seven tables and topples over backwards.
From Time Magazine Archive
Elizabeth's Winston, pestered by a swarm of thunder flies, began to curvet alarmingly.
From Time Magazine Archive
His eyes shone with pleasure, and he allowed his horse to curvet freely.
From Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
From time to time he made his beast curvet, and laughed at himself inwardly for doing it.
From Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Douglass Brackett
Yet there remains, to fill thy Soul with Care, A Blanket to curvet thee in the Air.
From Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast by J. V. (Joseph V.) Guerinot
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
The bay horses curveted and pranced, the coachman sprang to his seat, a big red motor backed, snorted, honked, and whizzed past them.
From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Raymond Moreau Crosby
And at this the dog yelped again and curveted sheer across the room.
From A Transient Guest and Other Episodes by Edgar Saltus
And as my sword clanked and my spurs jingled while Fatima pranced and curveted under me in the bright spring weather, my heart sang an accompaniment to them.
From The Rose of Old St. Louis by Mary Dillon
She turned her head and saw him looking after her, and in her pleasure at the sight she reined in Ali until he reared erect in the air and curveted proudly.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern
"Make way there—out of the road, Mère Madou," cried a dragoon, curveting his horse in such a fashion as almost to upset ass and "cantiniére" together, "the staff is coming."
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various
The river—the baby—the river—the baby; and in and through, and betwixt and between, there spun the whirling merry-go-round, with its curveting wooden horses, its discordant organ, and its creaking machinery.
From The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Underneath my stroking hand, Startled eyes of hazel bland Kindling, growing larger, Up thou leapest with a spring, Full of prank and curveting Leaping like a charger.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
It's rather like asking for a field-marshal's baton and a curveting charger—and getting instead a musket and place in the ranks.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
A touch of the spur to my horse and I was abreast of them, Frances Sutherland curveting her cayuse from the trail to give me middle place.
From Lords of the North by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
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.
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Twenty feet above Aslan and Digory he snorted, neighed, and curvetted.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
Her horse curvetted, arched his neck, played pretty tricks at command, and was long-legged enough to carry her swiftly over the ground if she so desired.
From Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe
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
"Where are my skates?" he shouted to Ben, who was still curvetting about.
From Miss Theodora A West End Story by Helen Leah Reed
It was a stirring scene of meeting, and chatting, and laughing, and rearing, and curvetting, and fresh air, and sunshine.
From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
Bright barbed steeds curvetting tread Their trackless way with antic capers; And curtain clouds hang overhead, Festoon'd by rainbow-colour'd vapours.
From Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by T. Crofton Crocker
