Usage examples for somersault
-
The
near
mule
staggered,
tried
to
turn
a
somersault,
and
collapsed
in
a
heap
of
sprawling
legs
and
outthrust
neck.
– by
-
I
loved
old
Jocko;
he
taught
me
the
back-
somersault,
too.
– The Salamander by Owen Johnson
-
He
was,
however,
fond
of
shifting
from
tribe
to
tribe,
and
the
traders
seeing
him
now
with
the
Pawnies
or
the
Comanches,
now
with
the
Crows
or
the
Tonquewas,
gave
him
the
surname
of "
Turn-
over,"
which
name,
making
a
somersault,
became
Over-
turn,
and,
by
corruption,
Overton.
– Monsieur Violet by Frederick Marryat