Example Sentences

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In the foyer, one officer was frisking Ronnie.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

The dog had jumped out and was frisking about Taylor's legs.

From An Arkansas Planter by Read, Opie Percival

The dog was frisking and barking about him.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

Once on a time there was a hare, who was frisking up and down under the greenwood tree.

From Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales by Asbj?rnsen, P. Chr.

—No. 4, senior, with mottled legs and a tartan costume, who was frisking about between his grandpapa's legs, who heartily wished him at home.

From The Second Funeral of Napoleon by Thackeray, William Makepeace