frisk
verb (used without object)
to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic.
was frisking
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past progressiveof frisk.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In the foyer, one officer was frisking Ronnie.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
She heard Breed's lonely cry and answered it, and an hour later she was frisking about him with doggish enthusiasm.
From The Yellow Horde by Charles Livingston Bull
And in a moment a little brown mouse was frisking about all over the floor, whilst the Ogre had vanished.
From Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 by Edward Everett Hale
The child was frisking merrily around his mother, but she walked slowly with bowed head, and seemed to answer his questions very absently.
From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Paul Heyse
A little black and white kitten was frisking about and a big red hen lazily scratched under a big shade tree in search of food for her brood.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
