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Recent Examples of rowdiness
The Reddit post left many viewers laughing about the unexpected greeting the owner received after returning home, while several expressed hope that no dog was injured during their rooftop rowdiness.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
While growing up, Linville and her twin sister would often go to their aunt Kathy Tyson’s house in West Allis, to escape the rowdiness of having so many brothers and sisters.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Deklan Locke started falling down, something his parents initially dismissed as rowdiness.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
While growing up, Linville and her twin sister would often go to their aunt Kathy Tyson’s house in West Allis, to escape the rowdiness of having so many brothers and sisters.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Deklan Locke started falling down, something his parents initially dismissed as rowdiness.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowdiness
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Likewise, young Waller proves a revelation, capable of communicating Danny’s vulnerability and brutishness on the turn of a dime.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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Apologies for any churlishness, but those in and around the club will be relieved to have removed an annoying factoid from Amorim’s 11-month tenure.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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At the center of the ranch is a 5,800-square-foot lodge that combines classic Rocky Mountain rusticity with Old World European elegance.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
22 Sep. 2025
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Songs marked explicit mean their lyrics include swear words or other vulgarities.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The presence of these planes flying close to our Caribbean Sea is a vulgarity, a provocation, a threat to the security of the nation.—
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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But yes, Miss Manners agrees that his rudeness justifies your ignoring his comment.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
10 Oct. 2025
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But Takaichi has taken the strongest stances, decrying the rudeness of foreign tourists and accusing them of abusing the famous deer in Nara.—
Arata Yamamoto,
NBC news,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Texans were penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness, and a few plays later, Seattle went up 14-0 on a 32-yard touchdown strike from Darnold to Cooper Kupp.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Officials flagged Raiders left tackle Stone Forsythe for an unnecessary roughness penalty on the play.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Trump era is one of indelicacy, profanity, and real—not imagined—misogyny, and its flacks deserve a language that matches up.—
Josephine Livingstone,
The New Republic,
5 June 2018
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Trump added, seemingly referring to the indelicacy of directly attacking a war hero who is fighting brain cancer.—
Callum Borchers,
Washington Post,
28 Feb. 2018
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There is plenty of coarseness in American arenas totally unrelated to MAGA or Trumpism, of course.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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An alkaline compound, baking soda is a non-toxic cleaner with a coarseness that works wonders for scrubbing grime, removing difficult stains, and deodorizing stinky odors.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Rowdiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowdiness. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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