Samba rock is a playful form of the samba, and it originates in São Paulo.
Both principals were in fine technical form, unusually playful and youthful in their approach to a ballet in which Balanchine himself was originally set upon having some fun.
Its playful and ritualized form makes it easier to share thoughts and feelings that usually are hidden, thus strengthening social contacts.
It is now in common use as a shortened, playful form or in URLs of neighborhood media and organizations (examples are www.vahi.org, www.vahinews.com and vahi.patch.com).
In human interactions, teasing comes in two major forms, playful and hurtful.
In this sense, democracy is a very playful form of government.
The ritual represents, in a playful form, the battle of Ra's Eye with its greatest foe.
Through magical realism, Carter is able to address everyday concerns through an engaging and playful form.
Gelotophobes do not have the ability to understand the difference between playful forms of humorous interactions such as teasing and the more mean types such as ridicule.
The interfering grandmother is already dead in many of these scenes, a detail that's typical of the novel's playful, time-traveling form.