curvetting

variants or curveting
present participle of curvet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curvetting
Verb
  • Auroras — Crown of Light by Kavan Chay Photographer Kavan Chay took this spectacular image of a red, green and yellow aurora dancing through the starry sky above Tumbledown Bay in New Zealand on May 10, 2024 during a category G5 geomagnetic storm.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some of these videos showcase previous successes, such as a clip showing an 8-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl dancing together on snowboards.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Cheda shared the hilarious footage on TikTok on August 27, showing the 7-month-old puppy leaping on the couch, running from room to room, and even jumping onto her sisters.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Steven Kwan made a leaping catch at the wall on Sunday.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The American workforce has made a dramatic shift from job hopping to job hugging.
    Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Directed by genre-hopping Ben Wheatley and written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad from a story hatched by Kolstad and Odenkirk, the subversive Western is a take-no-prisoners gore fest that peppers all the visceral carnage with an equal sprinkling of dry wit.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Chip, the 3-year-old miniature dachshund, was filmed bounding toward the open door but immediately reconsidering after inspecting the dreary conditions outside his home in England.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The state has yet to provide any contemporary evidence of doubt that this crosswalk — on the road bounding the southern edge of the Pulse property — was a fitting part of the memorial.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Almost skipping back towards the drumkit, Townshend came racing back to the mic ahead of a bluesy late interlude on stage in the Windy City, the home of the electrified artform.
    Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Consider skipping the drive-thru and, instead, grab the items to make on your own pumpkin spice cold foam.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Perry has been loping around the world on this tour for four months.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • One clip shows a man in a dark suit standing on the vessel’s side before springing into the water.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • John’s score nimbly dances with the pratfalls and springing traps, never leeching them of their primal, juvenile laughter, but also treating the film’s stuntmen with the same dignity as the Martha Graham ballet company.
    Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Curvetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvetting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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