was frisking
- past progressive of frisk.
Example Sentences
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In the foyer, one officer was frisking Ronnie.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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 Hale, Edward Everett
I gave Peg her nose bag of oats, and fed Bock, who was frisking about in high spirits.
From Parnassus on Wheels by Morley, Christopher
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 Bull, Charles Livingston
Mitya, as fresh and ruddy as his father, in nothing but his little shirt, was frisking on his shoulder, catching the big buttons of his rough country coat with his little bare toes.
From Fathers and Children by Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich
