somersaults

Example Sentences

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If you could have seen inner Mark when he didn't reach the pink, he was doing somersaults and then I potted a good yellow.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Stone knits puppets and vaudeville acts, songs and somersaults, as well as melds two groups of people who might not have shared a lunch table in high school — the jocks and the theater geeks.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

In China, the extremely agile Zhou Quan set a record for the highest number of consecutive leg full twist back somersaults, managing 11 in a row.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023

Freddie Thomas has been working in the Russ Building’s lobby security for more than 15 years through many of the city’s previous economic somersaults.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Dad’s working on the pickup after dinner—changing the oil—Becky and Dara Lynn’s turning somersaults in the grass, and Ma’s cleaning the kitchen.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor