curvet
Example Sentences
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You never know when a squirrel will curvet from the fence to the shed and then acrobatically vault to a nearby tree branch.
From Fox News
The horses can smell the tiger scent and begin neighing and curvetting, trying to get away from it.
From Literature
"Have you seen them, grandpapa?" she asked, curvetting round him, as he proceeded at gentle pace across the lawn.
From Project Gutenberg
The horses of his body-guard began to paw and curvet to free their feet as the loose reins tightened on their necks.
From Project Gutenberg
The leaders, in the meantime, had run straight into a draper's shop, and were curveting about on the top of four or five school children, whom they had hustled to the ground.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
