Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capriole
Noun
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In place of this slice of Americana is the cartoony Mickey Avenue which is themed to classic capers featuring Disney's mascot.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026 -
The film that inspired everything from True Romance (1993) to Queen & Slim (2019), this Arthur Penn caper follows Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) as criminal lovers destined for tragedy.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
Verb
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In November, the president was on hand as the NFL’s Washington Commanders hosted the Detroit Lions, and the visitors romped 44-22.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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The Knicks had piled up massive scoring margins while romping through the Eastern Conference playoffs, then were just good enough in the two games in San Antonio.—
Brian Mahoney,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
Noun
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José Tena followed with a groundball that Tatis dove to stop and chose to throw to second for what would have been a spectacular out, only to have his low throw skip past Bogaerts.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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In the special, Guerra tackles topics including the beauty of the skip intro guy, the soundtrack to future drug commercials, and why your brain and body can’t see eye-to-eye.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Just attacking everything with strikes.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
11 June 2026
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Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights have released a sketch of a man accused of attacking and choking a woman this past weekend.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
Noun
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The funky bounce tripped up second baseman Brandon Lowe, who couldn’t adjust quickly enough to glove the ball that bounced over him, into shallow right field for a game-knotting single.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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There’s bounce in the drumline and defiance in the guitar’s incessant buzz.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Pitchfork,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Okay, so the cow immediately finds its baby, and then there is a BABY COW gamboling in a field.—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Know Them By Their Fruits, for example, shows people and animals gamboling among fruit trees, and The Bermuda Triangle of Nacogdoches shows planes crashing into the ocean, in front of a plat of the landlocked town.—
Benjamin Lima
Special Contributor,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
Verb
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One prompted stories of an old cowboy sitting alone on a porch, surveying a ghost town; another prompted stories about a sun rising over a meadow, where tiny creatures awakened and started to frolic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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By watching every moment of his famous subjects frolicking around the studio, we’d all be deprived of the chance to cherish the best seconds of it.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
Verb
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Tiny hangers-on are tucked into pockets and cavort in crevices.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Students disrobed and cavorted at St. Louis University, Washington University in St. Louis and Washburn University in Topeka.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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“Capriole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capriole. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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