"What now?" said John, as I capered round the room. From Wordnik.com. [Little Ferns For Fanny's Little Friends] Reference
He capered like a dog enjoying a long-promised walk. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
Hamish capered up to them, an envelope in each hand. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Delft Blue]
She'd capered with Marlins and sharks, had known them by name. From Wordnik.com. [Eviction] Reference
A young brave capered before us, beating his breast and singing. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
Though his sisters capered round him, the sage refused to budge. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 3, 1892] Reference
Sensing something unusual, he capered and pranced back and forth. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
Restoration, when 'Tar-barrels and Bonefires capered aloft'; nor of. From Wordnik.com. [Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts] Reference
And thus they capered about in the scenic room, making a chaos of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film] Reference
The mob capered and jumped over the sward for half the night through. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Democracy] Reference
The poor child fairly capered with joy as she witnessed the operation. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
A rock ape, its hideous body clearly seen here, capered, coughed, spat. From Wordnik.com. [Voodoo Planet] Reference
He capered and made rude noises at them, laughing so hard his sides hurt. From Wordnik.com. [Cube Route]
Bluff, as he capered about, trying to keep his muscles from getting stiff. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness] Reference
He danced and capered about like one gone mad until the fire had gone out. From Wordnik.com. [An American Robinson Crusoe for American Boys and Girls] Reference
All the animals capered with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames. From Wordnik.com. [Animal Farm]
Now the wizard capered before him, shaking his rattle to make a deafening din. From Wordnik.com. [The Time Traders] Reference
His clothes on fire, Paddy capered screaming and screaming through the holocaust. From Wordnik.com. [The Thorn Birds]
The perspiration cascaded through his pores; he grinned and winked and frisked and capered. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
He repeated the man's words to Mason who despite his own fatigue, leaped and capered wildly. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage with Captain Dynamite] Reference
He capered about with the abandon of a puppy, making extremely active use of four sound limbs. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
A salmon was caught so quickly that Father grew boyish with enthusiasm and capered over more rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Sweetapple Cove] Reference
A little creature, dressed in tinsel, leaped and capered, keeping time to the grinding of an organ. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation Sketches] Reference
Angel was in his element now, as the home was sighted, and he danced and capered, just as George did. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
Men capered, even the High Lords, and shook their fists over their heads, and tossed up peaked velvet hats. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Rising]
He capered about on the table; and when he came a second time to the cow jumped over the Moon, he leaped in the air. From Wordnik.com. [The Fellowship of the Ring]
This one had no tricks; she neither capered nor butted with her head, but she stood perfectly still and bleated all the time. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862] Reference
When at last we settled down it was found that our new homes were also shared by huge rats who capered about in a most homely manner. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919] Reference
They changed to hundreds of little red, blue and green devils, no more than a few inches high, which capered over the floor in troops. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Baba's Last Drink and Other Sketches] Reference
The little ones caught the infection, and capered up and down the old kitchen, until wearied out they dropped off to sleep and to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Readings for the Home Circle] Reference
Hal and Bert started in to build a sand house for Freddie, the four girls capered around, playing tag and enjoying themselves generally. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
A figure in the hall turned, and in a moment the boy had his mother in his arms, while he capered about the hall with her in pure delight. From Wordnik.com. [With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne] Reference
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