The poet like an acrobat climbs on rime to a high wire of his own making. From LearnThat.org. [Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Source: Constantly Risking Absurdity]
The picture of your little acrobat is beyond adorable! jen Said. From Wordnik.com. [Cirque du WonderBaby | Her Bad Mother] Reference
This area of China is known for providing many schools in acrobat training. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
Photographs by Pascal Chevallier Aldo Mondino's "Ou" depicts an African acrobat from the 1980s. From Wordnik.com. [Sperone's One-Man Museum] Reference
Alex Merinov - Ninja acrobat from the Moscow Circus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-04-25] Reference
Interesting word acrobat, indeed, but certainly easier to appreciate for native speakers. From Wordnik.com. [Gelett Burgess and the blurb] Reference
You have spoken of me as an acrobat or an athlete. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The acrobat was now coming to his performances on the rope. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
It all seems to be over with our once so fashionable acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Ms. DE SELA: One of my sisters is a contortionist and acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Singer, Songwriter Lhasa De Sela Dies] Reference
With the skill of an acrobat he swung one leg over the opening. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
Even in its cramped chamber, the fetus can perform like an acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Special Issue: How Kids Grow Do You Hear What I Hear?] Reference
Where is our once charming acrobat -- our minstrel of muscular music?. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
"What's the matter?" asked Jim Tracy of Joe, as the young acrobat and. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
The acrobat came to an upright position and very nearly upset the whole show. From Wordnik.com. [A Dixie School Girl] Reference
I don't want to have to say to him: "Enclosed you will please find one acrobat.". From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
"Can you get others to take their places?" the young trapeze acrobat wanted to know. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer] Reference
Favored by the thick vines and uneven stones up he went with the agility of an acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Peggy-Alone] Reference
Committee lounged about the Aquarium, They there saw a female acrobat of great strength. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, December 5, 1891] Reference
Maybe it was some hidden need to feel closer to that poignant and sad look of the acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Le Petit Clown - August 9, 2002] Reference
The acrobat certainly has line and mass to think of, even if that isn't his primal concern. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
A porch roof and a slender column are quite as available as flying rings to a born acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [A Dixie School Girl] Reference
How the dragon-fly moults you will see in the illustration (fig. 1): even an acrobat might envy him!. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
A story is told of him that when he was five years old he saw an acrobat performing on a tight-rope. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
She gave a joyous laugh as she vaulted over the wooden horse as easily and gracefully as an acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics] Reference
The acrobat is master of his body and he lets his brain go a-roving upon other matters, if he has one. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
You are very wise to develop your ability along the line of acrobatic dancing rather than as an acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession] Reference
"Though I hope what happened to Benny, whatever it was, doesn't happen to me," thought the young acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
This went tumbling over and over, like an acrobat doing a somersault, then burst in the most startling way. From Wordnik.com. [The Kangaroo Marines] Reference
My guide was gaily attired in bright red tight acrobat breeches, with buttons up the side, and a jacket like. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
He was trained for an acrobat and tight-rope walking, and came to this country with a troup of pantomimists. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls] Reference
The young acrobat finally seemed to be satisfied with his shoes, and nodded his readiness to his two partners. From Wordnik.com. [Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank] Reference
No one in their right mind should be able to move like a coked-out acrobat while smiling for an hour and a half. From Wordnik.com. [A Letter to my Aerobics Instructor] Reference
"Boys, let me introduce you to my friend, Sam Preston, an old acrobat and now a circus proprietor," said Mr. Damon. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
I used to say to myself in other countries, at least America is the home of real variety and the real lover of the acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Perhaps our acrobat is still the delight of those more characteristic audiences of the road whose taste is less fickle, less blasé. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
Thus the basket and all its bounty (save only a small flask of brandy I smuggled into a hip pocket) were given to a passing acrobat. From Wordnik.com. [The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier] Reference
I give first place to the acrobat and his associates because it is the art where the human mind is for once relieved of its stupidity. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets] Reference
And he was undoubtedly into me, had more than likely followed my decent into lunacy from the acrobat straight on through all the birds. From Wordnik.com. [The Birdcage] Reference
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