Lexicographical Neighbors of Summersaulting
Literary usage of Summersaulting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Comic History of the United States: From a Period Prior to the Discovery by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"... raw or seasoned, in which the wild run of frightened bulls or the disordered
summersaulting and tumbles of a herd of buffaloes is an orderly march. ..."
2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1852)
"... whence they were usually sent summersaulting to the bottom ; where, whether
they rotted, or the vultures from the Campagna eat them, is not recorded, ..."
3. Sparks from a Geologist's Hammer by Alexander Winchell (1881)
"... (lying between Aiguille Verte and Aiguille Bochard), comes literally bounding,
skipping, leaping, summersaulting down the steep ravine a mile in length, ..."
4. Sparks from a Geologist's Hammer by Alexander Winchell (1881)
"... (lying between Aiguille Verte and Aiguille Bochard), comes literally bounding,
skipping, leaping, summersaulting down the steep ravine a mile in length, ..."
5. Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review edited by Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart (1880)
"... waltz round and round the room—he always felt happy when his feet were slippered
with tight fitting patent leathers—jumping over chairs, summersaulting, ..."
6. The University of Hard Knocks: The School that Completes Our Education by Ralph Albert Parlette (1917)
"Five miles of winding and squirming, twisting and ducking, dodging and summersaulting.
There are places where the tourist wants to grasp his seat and lift. ..."
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