gambol
verb (used without object)
to skip about, as in dancing or playing; frolic.
had gambolled
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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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Do you remember my saying long ago that once I began to gambol, I was never satisfied till I had gambolled all over the place?
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
He had gambolled, indeed, but he had gambolled strictly à deux.
From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison
Windows and doors stood wide to admit the cool, rising breeze; and a big dog, that had gambolled up all the way, set up a bass bark of recognition.
From Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
Ah! how they had gambolled beneath the appetising shade of those ancient trees!
From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Émile Zola
