Example Sentences

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Then she came to a large opening in the wood where the ground was all slimy, and where some huge fat water snakes were gambolling about.

From Stories from Hans Andersen by Dulac, Edmund

All around us whales and grampuses were gambolling and spouting in vast numbers.

From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by De Mille, James

Every one hurried on deck, and we now saw that some seven or eight female narwhals were gambolling in the channel close upon us.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof

This flock of Tamburi-para were the reverse of dull; they were gambolling and chasing each other amongst the branches.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

And I stared resolutely out of the window pretending to be vastly interested in the antics of a couple of big young hounds that were gambolling together.

From By Right of Sword by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)