How to Use gallivant in a Sentence

gallivant

verb
  • He's been gallivanting around the country when he ought to be looking for a job.
  • They've been gallivanting all over town.
  • The video panels between the pair of star artists and the clique of kids gallivanting throughout the scene.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2018
  • His books are long — the novels tend to gallivant far past the 500-page mark — and laborious.
    — Dave Kim, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
  • The video sees both Galantis and Uffie gallivanting around Tokyo after the friendly trio meets up in a crowded sidewalk.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 18 May 2018
  • And each year on Halloween, Zane and Aidan, and a hundred neighbors circle his house to see all the skeletons and pumpkins that gallivant as a gargoyle rides her.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Jono and Ellie have since been papped gallivanting around Sydney, smooching up a storm over beaches and brunches.
    — Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Below, see how Atkin—and her glamorous group—gallivanted through Italy.
    — Vogue, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Such as, say, a timestamped itinerary for a day of gallivanting around Boston.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2023
  • How did this couple go from gallivanting at furniture stores in fancy sweatpants to breaking up in such a short span?
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Set in the Monica Pier, the campaign features an array of stunning shots of the women having fun on the beach, riding roller coasters, and gallivanting along the boardwalk.
    — Shammara Lawrence, Teen Vogue, 9 Apr. 2018
  • England was not among the top 10 nations in ticket sales before the tournament, but the team's progress caused gallivanting supporters to flock to Moscow.
    — Ronald Blum, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2018
  • Spooner gallivanted about Greece in bright yellow Calvin Klein briefs, Prada bucket hats, and his signature sheer shirts, of course.
    — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2018
  • For the past few weeks, it’s been assumed Kate was left behind in England to look after their two young children while William was gallivanting in another country.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2017
  • High-level quarterbacks don’t usually gallivant around the league like this.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2018
  • Not every moment was fun, but the overall experience was joyful through and through—even more joyful than gallivanting around Greece on an ATV.
    — Sarah Firshein, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Additionally, that two naive teens would just go gallivanting around with little to no regard to their plans or safety.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 4 Mar. 2019
  • Westerns have always been records of their present moments, even as their heroes gallivant against landscapes with an outsized hold on history.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Masha: Female, his sister, 50s, glamorous and successful actress who goes gallivanting around the world.
    — Courant Community, 15 May 2018
  • When the Jets sing, van Hove projects recorded footage of the cast gallivanting around Brooklyn, chewing on gold chains and mugging for the camera in pastiches of rap-music videos, which dwarfs the actors with their own gigantic images.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Behind every savvy explorer is a dashing travel bag — wanderlust-y tourists would not be able to gallivant around the world without the help of some trustworthy luggage.
    — Alexandra Polk, refinery29.com, 10 May 2021
  • Vallotton made images not just of the consumerism of the age — the shopping, gallivanting and dancing in the Latin Quarter — but also street protests, clashes with police, a carriage accident and murder.
    — Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The look-alike pair have been gallivanting around New York City, as supermodels do, looking gorgeous on the red carpet, also as supermodels do.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Approved bars and restaurants are permitted to extend their patios to the sidewalk, and pedestrians are free to gallivant with impunity for three hours before the games begin and an hour after the final buzzer sounds.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That’s exactly what the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said after one of its deputies was forced to wrangle a gallivanting bull recently.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 May 2018
  • Princess Diana gallivanted, and moped, her way across Europe in a succession of designer outfits.
    — Alex Marshall, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
  • In happier times, people were free to gallivant around Trollpikken's picturesque prick, oftentimes posing directly on it.
    — Lilian Min, Cosmopolitan, 26 June 2017
  • Lucy remembers their first couple of years at Bennington as an idyll of hot chocolate by the fireplace and dreams of gallivanting in Paris and Budapest, but Alice’s recollections are more uncertain.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Since this was filmed before our current situation, the chefs are shown doing things that now seem surreal, like gallivanting around grocery stores, the shelves and meat counters fully stocked, and wandering through the Getty Museum.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Employing her roommate and friend Fergus Campbell as a director, Latour gallivanted across Columbia's campus with roommates and friends as background actors.
    — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024

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