Example Sentences

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I'm not sure if we were predicting him to be "doing cartwheels down at breakfast".

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

“Another great thing about Nashville is there’s no paparazzi. I literally was doing cartwheels down the Walmart aisles,” she joked.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 18, 2026

With his backflips, one-handed cartwheels and quadruple-jumps galore, US figure skater Ilia Malinin's rip-roaring routines have proved a star attraction at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Chelsea Redeker’s 8-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son used to take turns choosing a movie, but arguments would inevitably ensue, and the child who didn’t pick would bounce around or do cartwheels while it was playing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

She can do better cartwheels than I can, though, and she loves to show off her backbench.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn