Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"I'm a happy man—little Joys are capering all over the place and old Dr. Gloom has packed his grip."

From The Auction Block by Beach, Rex Ellingwood

Dogs are capering about, a collie, a setter, a Boston terrier.

From The Conquest of Fear by King, Basil

Di and Sancho have caught sight of the guns, and are capering about in the wildest excitement, for it is a long time since they have seen anything more "gamey" than a city pigeon.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various

Tag, Rag, and Bobtail, are capering there, Worse scene, I ween, than Bartlemy Fair!—

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James