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And hundreds of Cloud-Men’s children were frisking about all over the place and shrieking with laughter and sliding down the billows of the cloud on toboggans.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl

A couple of black-robbed ghouls had pulled aside one spirit and were frisking him at the security desk.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

"We'll all do that, too," said Joyce, and in a few minutes the four Bobs were frisking clumsily over the floor, in their respective bows of pink, yellow, blue, and green.

From The Little Colonel's House Party by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)

Little lambs were frisking In the fields so green, While the fleecy mothers All at rest were seen.

From Pinafore Palace by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

The farmer’s sheep were in their pasture, and the little lambs were frisking and playing with each other.

From Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin by Field, Ben