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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of caracole.

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Examples

  • The noble steed which he reined bounded and caracoled, and displayed his spirit and agility in a manner which might have troubled a less admirable horseman than the

    The Talisman 2008

  • Lightly armed, richly dressed, and gay as a bridegroom on the eve of his nuptials, Richard caracoled along by the side of Queen

    The Talisman 2008

  • Along the darkening mountain-paths the two gentlemen (for such their outward bearing proclaimed them) caracoled together.

    Novels by Eminent Hands 2006

  • Along the darkening mountain-paths the two gentlemen (for such their outward bearing proclaimed them) caracoled together.

    Burlesques 2006

  • Their steeds, caparisoned with silk, lacquered leather and gold buckles, caracoled and curvetted as their riders put them through their paces.

    The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Their steeds, caparisoned with silk, lacquered leather and gold buckles, caracoled and curvetted as their riders put them through their paces.

    The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • At the head of it rode Fanfaronade himself upon a white horse, which pranced and caracoled to the sound of the trumpets.

    The Red Fairy Book 2003

  • In her dream the horse caracoled to the tempo of Paganini, and its rider at one moment had the face of Mandras, and at another that of the captain.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • When Corelli had arrived at the entrance of the yard and Pelagia had looked up from brushing her goat, the horse had pricked up its ears and caracoled.

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernieres, Louis 2003

  • Their steeds, caparisoned with silk, lacquered leather and gold buckles, caracoled and curvetted as their riders put them through their paces.

    The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

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