gambol
verb (used without object)
to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
had gamboled
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past perfectof gambol.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He was a boyish man who died young, and perhaps if he had gamboled into old age he would have oppressed his sons.
From Time Magazine Archive
For he knew now that she was helpless—more helpless than the little creatures that had gamboled in the moonlight a few hours before.
From Kazan by James Oliver Curwood
My mother herself rose to my view, such as she was when Fido and I had gamboled together by her side,—such as she was when sinking in untimely decay.
From Discipline by Mary Brunton
The school, meanwhile, had gamboled past, all snickering, of course, at his predicament.
From The Varmint by Frederic Rodrigo Gruger
"I have heard all about it; and I am so glad you are a good boy!" exclaimed she, panting like a pretty fawn which had gamboled its breath away.
From Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks by Oliver Optic
