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adjective

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Recent Examples of frolic
Noun
Is the mixture of frolic and earnestness wholly successful? Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2025 Over and over, between the jokes and the frolics, Jackman demonstrates his unguardedness and ready affection, hugging the occasional person returning from the bathroom, or welling up on camera, with sorrow, or overwhelmed gratitude, or both. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Pods of porpoises frolic, and a playful minke whale shimmers in the afternoon sun. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024 Parent heaven: a place to hang out under shade trees while the little ones frolic. Sarah Shemkus, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
Verb
The grand staircase is no longer roped off, but welcoming people to ascend and Mrs. Frick’s boudoir, with its Boucher murals of frolicking angels, is back upstairs, having been returned to its original location. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025 Apparently, Hadid spent the first day of the new year frolicking in the snow in a bright red bikini. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frolic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frolic
Noun
  • The abysmal prank — which ran over several toe-curling episodes — became emblematic of a season that couldn’t get off the ground.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2025
  • According to Gothamist, which spoke with a Collegiate faculty member who wished to remain anonymous, this year's senior prank — a tradition at the Upper West Side school in Manhattan — mimicked a border patrol checkpoint, offending several students, teachers and administrators.
    David Chiu, People.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Cruise plays a hit man, Vincent, who forces his cabdriver, played by Jamie Foxx, to drive him around Los Angeles on a contract-killing spree.
    Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
  • Rather than earn its namesake by using said freedom to go on a killing spree, Murderbot decides to just… quietly binge TV shows.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Here, guests will find nail therapy rooms with zero-gravity chairs, ​​a hydro therapy room, a med-spa room, and a relaxation room.
    Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
  • The class encompasses information about exercises to prepare the mother for birth, relaxation and coping techniques, pain control options, labor positioning, induction and C-section basics, recovery and welcoming baby.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
Adjective
  • Hamilton’s pastor described her as faithful, joyful, ready to help and a great mom, KOB4 reported.
    Sara Schilling, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
  • The montage also shows travel snaps from 2023, a cozy hug during a snowy getaway in 2024 and a joyful family beach day.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Both Earps and Hampton have played a very similar number of minutes and faced a very similar number of shots, but Earps’ shot-stopping has not been as strong, conceding 1.6 goals more than expected, based on the quality of shots faced.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Baty plays second base on days when Vientos starts at the hot corner, and Vientos gets DH days to get Baty at third.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Those calls with Jim Irsay, the longtime Indianapolis Colts owner who died Wednesday at 65, were … an adventure.
    Zak Keefer, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Related Stories Inside One Woman's 1,000-Year-Old French Water Mill Home (Exclusive) 139-Year-Old House Was Placed on Wheels and Moved Through San Francisco's Streets The nights are their own adventure.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • In the Northeastern Conference, Jason Rothwell (six goals) eclipsed 100 career goals, while Chase Russo added five goals and two assists as Swampscott pulled away for a 21-4 romp of Salem.
    Danny Ventura, Boston Herald, 13 May 2025
  • The superheroic romp starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus topped this weekend's box office with a $33 million take, making for a $128.4 million domestic gross after two weeks in theaters.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 May 2025

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“Frolic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frolic. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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