frisking
Example Sentences
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Nervous students were met with biometric identification checks, metal detectors, armoured patrols and frisking at exam centres on Sunday morning.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The match has been designated a "high-risk" clash, with police enforcing special rules such as preventative frisking.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
“So frisking language might be like, ‘Do you have any needles that might hurt me?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
There was beautifully mellow playing in the winds throughout the “Jardin du Sommeil d’Amour,” the longest section, with the piano gently frisking, like a dancer in the moonlight on a foggy summer night.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
The walls bore the same ornamental plates, each featuring a highly colored, beribboned kitten, gamboling and frisking with sickening cuteness.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
