Example Sentences

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Two plainclothes policemen are frisking a white punk in the parking lot.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are frisking in the field, By the side of mother dear, Playful, happy creatures, they Never think of danger near, And their coats so soft and light Keep them warm by day and night.

From Games Without Music for Children by Bates, Lois

It was in the early springtime, when lambs are frisking like rabbits upon the tender green grass, and all the land is like a tapestry of blue and white and gold and pink and green.

From In the Days of the Guild by Lamprey, Louise

It is warm and bright, and the birds are singing merrily, thoroughly enjoying the sunshine; the little lambs are frisking about, and running races with each other.

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)

Some distance farther, under the trees, two more are frisking about, and a rabbit has come to nibble the grass in the open.

From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard