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Recent Examples of cavort In addition to a bounty of vegetables, fruits, flowers and interactive learning activities, there to meet them were cavorting goats, buzzing bees, beneficial garden creatures such as pill bugs and worms, and Howie the miniature Scottish Highland Cross steer who loves attention and animal crackers. News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025 Similar fears haunted Europeans and British Americans during the early modern period; one need only consult the witchcraft paintings of Francisco Goya, which show covens of half-naked women killing babies, eating people, and cavorting with the Devil. Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025 Barbie dolls cavort in the office and trendy persons fill the motel’s Barbara bar. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025 In their debut Talk to Me, the Philippou brothers viscerally translated the emotional experience of cavorting with the spectral. Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for cavort
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Verb
  • Back in April, Kelly shared a video on his Instagram of himself and his daughter Casie as the two danced around and played with a DJ board at his birthday party.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 20 June 2025
  • Long a holiday in the Black community and now federally recognized, the celebrations kick off each June 19, allowing people to gather, dance, reenact pivotal moments in history, and more.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Well, not quite, but Sara Haines and Sunny Hostin still frolicked on set during the show's recurring View Your Deal merchandising segment.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 June 2025
  • Could alien microbes frolic in lakes of boiling acid or frigid liquid methane, or float in water droplets in Venus’ upper atmosphere?
    Daniel Apai, Space.com, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • From choosing the right spot to nap, to hopping on the grass, the clip perfectly captures the way both pups feel about one another.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Diggs has been island hopping this year, having also traveled to Sandals Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for a solo birthday celebration in January.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Lots of foam blocks mean safe, soft landings from those sky jumps, swings and romping around.
    Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
  • Fans of the Brazilian soccer team Palmeiras were seen romping and raving all over Time Square on Saturday night, overtaking the streets and sidewalks in viral footage.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • The at-bats are also ending with decent exit velocity and bad luck at times like Paul Goldschmidt being denied by a leaping catch by Jake Fraley.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • Shortly after Hostin landed on the mattress, Haines leaped over her and landed face-down on Hostin's legs as the women laughed.
    EW.com, EW.com, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • Subscribers can skip boxes without penalty, and first-time users can jump in with a one-off purchase.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 30 June 2025
  • Ranged across the top of the SoundLink Plus there is a strip of soft-touch controls for turning the speaker on and off, initiating Bluetooth pairing, syncing with other Bose speakers, as well as playing and pausing music, skipping tracks and adjusting volume levels.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Haim’s songs blend the rollicking chemistry of Fleetwood Mac, the muscular femininity of Heart, and the mystic cheesiness of Phil Collins (with a smattering of new-jack-swing sparkle).
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 June 2025
  • The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy The laughs are as big as the mullets in this rollicking story about a hugely successful hair-metal band that’s really a cover for a covert operation in Cold War-era Eastern Europe.
    Andrea Lavinthal, People.com, 18 June 2025

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“Cavort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavort. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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