Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capriole
Verb
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Without a proper explanation, the movie just looked like a bunch of weird blue guys romping around on the screen.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
9 July 2025 -
Good news for kids who don’t feel like going to school anyway and dogs who love to romp around in the snow – bad news for anybody who has to go anywhere in this weather.—
Laura L. Davis,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Well, Statham does just that in Snatch, Guy Ritchie's ultra-British crime caper, filled with an array of colorful gangsters and an overall vibe that feels a lot like Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, only with a little more wattage.—
Elliott Smith,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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The caper, involving the theft of a rocket ship from a tech billionaire (Colin Jost) bearing no small resemblance to a certain chainsaw-wielding real-life figure, is silly enough to justify the film’s use of the term MacGuffinite as one of its principal elements.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
24 July 2025
Verb
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The Vera Institute's advocacy arm Vera Action, for example, assessed that the the GOP spent more than $1 billion attacking Democrats on crime and immigration in 2024, while Democrats spent roughly $319 million on advertisements that played up their public safety records.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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Cardi also dropped a trailer for the album, showing her inside a house as crows swarm and attack her mansion.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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On the right, a single tap can play/pause audio, a double tap skips to the next track, and a triple tap goes back to the previous track.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Checkout Monitoring Systems One low-friction way to tackle shrink is by using AI to quietly watch for patterns at checkout, like frequent scan skips or odd item swaps.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Verb
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An escaped pet zebra that went on the lam in Tennessee was captured Sunday after gamboling in the forest for more than a week.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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The dire wolves known to paleontologists, however, are different from the creatures that can now be viewed in Colossal videos gamboling in an open field.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the 18th minute, Cole Bassett connected with Navarro, who put a good header into a dangerous spot for Yapi to score with one touch of the bounce.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
17 Aug. 2025
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Since then, he’s made his international debut, earned a development contract and impressed with his blend of steep bounce, high pace, and composed bowling under pressure.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Assateague’s famed wild horses frolic along the shore and through the wetlands.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
8 Aug. 2025
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Now, all the animals frolic in the outdoor Kids Adventure Outpost — except the pigeons, which need to remain indoors for security reasons.—
Calista Oetama,
Sacbee.com,
16 July 2025
Verb
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To match its maritime origins, it was incised with designs of cavorting Tritons and surmounted with a silver Neptune riding a hippocampus—a lot of gaudy ornament around a big brown husk.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2025
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As a member of the gentry, Thomas is crossing class lines by cavorting with the fishermen who work for his father-in-law.—
B. Pietras
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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“Capriole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capriole. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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