But first, off to the movies, and this next one has been described as a rollicking mix of farce and fancy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2007] Reference
I can't think of a word to describe it better than "rollicking". From Wordnik.com. [Top 158 Comic Book Runs #148-139 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
It's been a while since I've been to a "rollicking" Sing-A-Long party. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
If light comic relief is what you're aiming for, it sure sounds like a "rollicking" good ride. From Wordnik.com. [HH Com 500] Reference
If I never again hear the word "rollicking" employed to describe a novel, it will be too soon. From Wordnik.com. [This product is cool. There is a hand outside my window.] Reference
Early on in Bill Bryson's supposedly "rollicking" new travelogue, "In a Sunburned Country," he notes "the low but relentless piped music" on Australian trains. From Wordnik.com. [Did Someone Say No Worries?] Reference
Players 'rollicking' each other after Hull game led to form reversal, says Shay Given. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
Cuthbert, that either I or your father have ever set you the example of "rollicking," as you call it, at this table. From Wordnik.com. [The Giant's Robe] Reference
"Next to Normal" has its share of rollicking show tunes. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of Songwriters] Reference
And the rollicking talk about her ceased on the instant. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
Clinton! who had always been such a rollicking, rosy-cheeked lad. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
In truth, King had a rollicking sense of humor, but Kennedy never saw it. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Week] Reference
A rollicking first innings from Pakistan here and the series will come alive. From Wordnik.com. [England v Pakistan – as it happened!] Reference
(Hiatt just put out a sly, rollicking album of his own: "Perfectly Good Guitar."). From Wordnik.com. [This Fall's A Ball] Reference
Grupo Fantasma is on tour now and the band is known for its rollicking live shows. From Wordnik.com. [Grupo Fantasma: 'Gold' Sounds of Latin Funk] Reference
Then she struck into a rollicking cow-boy song, and they joined in shouting it out. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference
Not to mention the luscious luxury of its liver and the rollicking richness of its fat. From Wordnik.com. [The golden goose] Reference
The sermon is the rollicking kind that invites emotional feedback from the congregation. From Wordnik.com. [Living In The Holy Spirit] Reference
But that was back in the rollicking '80s, when Denver was flush, amid an oil and gas boom. From Wordnik.com. [Still Late For Arrival] Reference
Dressed in her pink tights, she looked like a blithe nymph playing with rollicking cupids. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
"Sacred Games" is no less beholden to convention -- and at its best, no less rollicking a ride. From Wordnik.com. [Bollywood Dreams] Reference
"Did Trouble Me" begins as gospel tune, eventually settling into gently rollicking country music. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Jones] Reference
His booming laughter could be heard rollicking down the corridor of the Russell Senate Office Building. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Heroism] Reference
Sydney was a rollicking success that belies the fragile hold that the Olympics has on the world's populace. From Wordnik.com. [Another Olympic Scandal Brewing?] Reference
The DMV rapper previews the rollicking first single from her upcoming official debut, "Heart of a Champion.". From Wordnik.com. [Singles File] Reference
Friends who knew Terry as a rollicking, restless man wondered how he could ever endure open-ended confinement. From Wordnik.com. [How Terry Survived] Reference
It will be a beautiful, luminous, rollicking, transcendent book, the manuscript smudged with tomato sauce and tears. From Wordnik.com. [Matt: How It Will Happen] Reference
The ROH opened its season with his "Cos í Fan Tutte" and a couple of days later, revived his rollicking "Don Pasquale.". From Wordnik.com. [Director Sir Jonathan Miller's 'Don Pasquale' Delivers and Delights] Reference
He gave people hope, and in a rollicking campaign 30 years ago was on his way to win the Democratic presidential nomination. From Wordnik.com. [What If Rfk Had Survived?] Reference
A few moments later he would see these rollicking fellows stand silently at attention on the entry of the Commanding Officer until. From Wordnik.com. [Night Bombing with the Bedouins] Reference
The jangly, upbeat "Devil In Me" features rollicking mod-blues guitar, and the slow-burn "Baby Brings Bad News" mellows out the mood. From Wordnik.com. [The Brits Invade ... Again] Reference
Yet Nichols and his actors zero in on the Chekhovian absurdity of human existence -- which makes for some surprisingly rollicking moments. From Wordnik.com. [Flying High] Reference
Except nothing is quite what it appears, and nobody quite who or what they claim to be in this rollicking romp through bookdom and beyond. From Wordnik.com. ["The Thieves of Manhattan," by Adam Langer] Reference
The solo shows have been remarkable: rollicking, emotional rock concerts fueled by nothing but a dorky white guy and a Baldwin grand piano. From Wordnik.com. [Gentle Ben] Reference
That's the premise of "Reaper," a rollicking action-comedy that plays like an updated version of "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey," except … not bogus. From Wordnik.com. [Tune In, Turn On] Reference
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