caprioling

Definition of capriolingnext
present participle of capriole

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for caprioling
Verb
  • Gabriel Martinelli was next on the scene, then Jurrien Timber, who was followed by a jubilant William Saliba, cavorting like a hyperactive toddler.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Just a few weeks earlier, Miguel Angel Garcia Medina, 31, had been cavorting with his four children at their Arlington, Texas, home, meeting his 8-year-old daughter for lunch at school and giddily planning the arrival of their fifth child.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • As a bonus, we’re rewarded with-sexy guys romping about in and out of form-fitting leather chaps and then in and out of tight wrestling tights.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This was an indulgent gift after a busy day romping through the busy streets of London.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 3 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Used primarily as an office building, its ornate design, carvings and sculptures — including a ground floor fountain with frolicking bronze youths — hadn’t invited much public attention or appreciation.
    Lina Lecaro, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Birds in the steppe fly by, frolicking, and disappear somewhere in the sky, in distant silence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The strategy marks a shift toward attacking cartels’ financial systems as law enforcement pressure mounts on traditional drug routes.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Dan Ndoye is capable of playing in a central attacking role and Morgan Gibbs-White has looked handy playing in a more advanced role.
    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • His nephew said that, for decades, his grandparents had kept alive a faint hope that maybe their hero son had just been captured and would one day come gamboling through the front door to the family’s Brookside home.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Those skipping romance this season can name an ex after a pile of animal feces, shred old photos for dining deals or smash their way through staged date nights in rage rooms.
    Julian Torres, CNN Money, 14 Feb. 2026
  • As for jewelry, Queen Letizia kept it simple, accessorizing with diamond stud earrings and skipping a necklace.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The price of rent in the city and surrounding county is dropping, bucking regional and statewide trends.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The Reader’s nonprofit board and foundational partners sought help from Noisy Creek, an upstart publisher bucking the trends and betting on the future of alt-weeklies.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Caprioling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caprioling. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.

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