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Here he applies his rich baritone to the refrains of “Teenage Dream” as his newly invented character, Lance, an uppity French nobleman, cavorts friskily with old flame Angelique.

From Washington Post Nov. 27, 2022

Lee's previous work has been so rambunctiously daring — "The Shipment" experiments friskily with minstrelsy, "We're Gonna Die" turns existential anguish into cabaret — that "Straight White Men" can seem tame by comparison.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 24, 2015

At least it’s a good joke: the impressive displays of acrobatic tippling play friskily upon the idea that these hardy explorers do not lose their courage when on home shores.

From New York Times Jun. 21, 2013

Liverpool fans have stopped going mad and now seem deliriously happy instead, like friskily remarried divorcees in blooming middle age.

From The Guardian Aug. 12, 2011

The minute she raised her gay pink parasol The old red cow began to friskily bawl.

From Michael O'Halloran by Stratton-Porter, Gene