SOMERSAULT in a Sentence

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There was the report of four shots, and like swallows the snipe turned swift somersaults in the air and vanished from sight.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOMERSAULT
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somersault
 n.  an acrobatic movement in which the feet roll over the head and return
Classic Sentence:
1  There was the report of four shots, and like swallows the snipe turned swift somersaults in the air and vanished from sight.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 15
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