Anything more complicated than a somersault looks like a cutscene from a PlayStation game.
A somersault and Sun Wu Kung was standing before the city moat.
With that he turned a somersault and disappeared without a trace.
And with that he turned one somersault after another, so that he flew along like a whirlwind.
But Viggo turned a somersault instead of “Right about” and ran to the house.
Whenever the clown wants to rest, he has to get in the somersault position.
Your abolition government may turn a somersault some fine morning.
When he turned the somersault, he looked at the piece of the ocean's roof.
And—and then you came out, and turned a somersault, and—I wondered why, that was all.
Her knees became as jelly, and her heart seemed to turn a somersault.
1850, from somersault (n.). Related: Somersaulted; somersaulting.