curvetting

variants or curveting
Definition of curvettingnext
present participle of curvet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for curvetting
Verb
  • From there, a user named Vega turned it into a TikTok dance video that exploded — people duplicating themselves on screen, one version performing, the other dancing behind them.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026
  • One scene shows the comedian, dressed in a white suit, dancing on a stage in front of a crowd as sparklers go off.
    Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Aztecs won 89-86 before an electric home crowd on a night that had 12 ties and 11 lead changes and seemed like five against six sometimes with the way UNLV coach Josh Pastner was prancing around the floor in a suit and tie while the ball was in play.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
  • In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.
    Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Merrill made a sensational leaping catch to rob McGonigle of a homer in the second, getting his glove well above the wall just in front of the 396 sign.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • King was also helped along the way by Merrill keeping the game 0-0 in the second inning by leaping above the short wall in right-center field to take away what would have been the first big-league home run by McGonigle, who was 4-for-5 on Thursday in his MLB debut.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Because while the insects currently hopping across Arizona are seen as a pest, the chapulín represents history, culture, identity, and a source of protein that has accompanied entire generations in Mexico.
    Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 25 Mar. 2026
  • To discourage us from hopping into rideshares, the panel approved a fee hike last week for those private transportation companies — businesses like Uber and Lyft — that gets added every time a passenger is picked up or dropped off at LAX as my colleague Salvador Hernandez reported.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The latter maintains an exuberant push-and-pull between Rushen’s electric piano, bounding with lightness and dexterity, and her classmate Bobby Bryant’s blaring tenor saxophone.
    Matthew Ritchie, Pitchfork, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Gray will play Lisa, an EMT and partner to the team of lifeguards bounding down Venice Beach.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • After just 46 games last season in Double-A, the multi-position infielder made Detroit's major league roster with an undeniably strong spring, skipping Triple-A entirely.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • As the unconscious Moon enters your 6th House of Wellness, you’re prepped to notice unhelpful patterns, like skipping meals or losing sleep.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • With the enthusiastic Sun loping into your 9th House of Mental Expansion, curiosity is about to become your best guide.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 19 Jan. 2026
  • This addictive, loping track is one of the best and strangest songs from the artist’s fifth album.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Does springing forward in early March leave you feeling discombobulated during your commute?
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Spring is springing, April Fools' Day is coming as March starts Apriling, and Cincinnati has jokes.
    Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Curvetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curvetting. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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