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Recent Examples of romp
Noun
While the film is a sexy, frothy romp, on the one hand, the film also casts Doris Day as Babe, a feisty union steward. Kathy M. Newman, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2025 The movie follows Modigliani in Paris in 1916, and a trailer for the film released back in October 2024 teases a chaotic romp through France's capital. Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
Spencer crafts a delightful enemies-to-lovers romp with enough naughty tennis and pickleball puns to fill a ball machine. EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Good teams have bad weeks, even bad months; the Mets started horribly last season, and romped into the National League Championship Series. Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for romp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for romp
Noun
  • To begin North Crowley’s scoring spree, Ingram found space for a 29-yard rushing score.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
  • As part of a dealmaking spree in recent years, Wasserman has made major buys, including Brillstein Entertainment Partners, as a major player in both the representation and production space.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In contrast, Lopez has a long history of dance, from school musicals as a child to dancing on TV specials and as a Fly Girl on In Living Color, before embarking on her pop star career.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Cats dancing on their hind legs dressed in streetwear.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His shakshuka takes the tomato-and-pepper mold and spins it into a gambol through fields of celery and coriander seeds, ground chipotles and sweet paprika.
    Scott Hocker, theweek, 26 Nov. 2024
  • In the winning first moments of the show, Mills gambols on as the Narrator, wielding a paint palette and, instead of a brush, a tuft of rainbow-colored gauze.
    Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
Verb
  • The trio lets their imaginations drift, stretching out ideas of structure and frolicking with unexpected arrangements, often midsong.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The sanctuary is home to more than 70 great apes, who frolic in a lush Florida jungle outfitted with climbing structures, swinging vines and numerous toys and enrichment activities.
    Martha Shade, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Monroe, Lemmon and Curtis cavorted there.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Contreras tagged Randy Rodriguez’s hanging slider in the bottom of the ninth, cavorting around the bases while his teammates spilled out of the home dugout.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • While the cinematic show in front of 70,000 fans went off without a hitch, some fans hopped online afterward to criticize La Flame’s punctuality.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Ingberg, 23, drove the sputtering car to Akeley, dropped it off at a mechanic and hopped in Hansen’s squad car for a ride back to his home in Wadena.
    Alex Haddon, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If the Quakes win and any of those three teams lose, San Jose will leap that team in the standings after accounting for tiebreakers.
    Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Grant was dazzlingly handsome, of course, but something else about him had leapt off the screen and captured her imagination.
    Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While capering around with her boss, Matty keeps looking for a private moment alone with Olympia’s luggage.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Chapman persuaded Ford Motor Co. to fulfill his V-8 engine requirements and built the first of what were to become revolutionary Lotus-Fords, pencil-thin cars that looked like spiders capering through the turns.
    Mike Kupper, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024

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“Romp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/romp. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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