gambolling

Walter Pater "gambolling," in the moonlight, on the velvet lawn of his own secluded Oxford garden, like a satin-pawed Wombat!

Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917

My Quotation reminds me of yours: how sparingly, and always just to the point, introduced; Polus 'gambolling' from the Theme: old Wordsworth's Robin Hood, etc.

Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II Edward FitzGerald 1846

I'll never forget Madan Lal's prodigious leap in his delivery stride, the ball wobbling under dense, oyster clouds and Kapil Dev gambolling in the deep to catch Richards.

Cricket World Cup needs classic moments – not Bryan Adams – to be a hit | Rob Bagchi 2011

I would love to be the person who saw the otters "gambolling in the snow" because that would be a fantastic sight.

Country diary: Yeo Valley, Somerset 2011

And, despite some frenetic gambolling and some moments of vivacious beauty, the plots are as much narrated as enacted.

One Thousand and One Nights; The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; South Pacific; Me, Myself and Miss Gibbs – review 2011

The work is The Pretty Baa Lambs left, which shows a woman and baby in a field of gambolling lambs, and to modern eyes it seems remarkable that it shocked.

Ford Madox Brown: Pre-Raphaelite radical who shocked the Victorians 2011

Patel's gambolling leap of celebration into the dark desert skies will linger long in the memory, as will his dive forward to catch Umar Akmal off Finn to reduce Pakistan to 179 for five.

Alastair Cook leads way with another ton as England beat Pakistan 2012

Early one morning, when the sun was just up, otters were seen gambolling in the snow.

Country diary: Yeo Valley, Somerset 2011

Apart from a puppy gambolling across your tufted rug or the glint of a new relationship shivering off the walls, the only thing that can turn a cramped and dirty one-bedroom flat into something verging on magical is an expensive scented candle.

The beauty spot: scented candles Eva Wiseman 2010

And on one early morning, when the sun was just up, two otters were seen gambolling in the snow.

Country diary: Yeo Valley, Somerset 2011