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Meanings of back somersault in English

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Usage of back somersault in English
1
He was afraid she was going to turn a back somersault.
On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
2
The lion turned a back somersault and a great thrill of exultation suffused me.
In Africa: Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country
3
We went with a back somersault down the front steps.
The Lost World
4
Then one of the two, frightened to death, fairly turned a back somersault into the bushes.
Children of the Wild
5
Up the stick shinned the Monkey, and, when he reached the top, he turned a back somersault.
The Story of a Monkey on a Stick
6
The stroke is made similar to that in the back somersault, but the movement is started in front.
Swimming Scientifically Taught: A Practical Manual for Young and...
7
My heroine was Olga Korbut, the first woman to do a standing back somersault on the balance beam.
The Guardian
8
On Saturday, Kerr scored a hat-trick in seven second-half minutes for the Glory and celebrated the feat with her trademark back somersault.
The Guardian
9
The succulent turf slipped beneath his feet and, like an acrobat, the archer turned a back somersault into the cold mountain water.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
10
He turned a back somersault and away he sped over the hard, snowy crust as fast as his legs could carry him.
Mother West Wind's Children
11
He fingered the myriad knobby contacts and threw a sudden back somersault of joy, to the imminent destruction of the nearby furniture.
Foundation and Empire
12
From that standing posture he executed in the twinkling of an eye a swift back somersault, at least twenty feet from the ice!
On a Torn-Away World; Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake
13
After that he turned a back somersault, and then he rolled over and over until he landed with a great splash in the pond.
The Tale of Ferdinand Frog
14
You think you have mastered it, but just as you get well under way in following, it turns a back somersault and there you are.
The Yellow Wallpaper
15
Cheered on by the half-full stadium, he cleared 5.20 on his second attempt, doing a back somersault on the mat in celebration.
Reuters
16
Suddenly the bear sat up with a jump, and frightened all the dogs so that they nearly turned back somersaults.
Letters to His Children
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