rigmarole

Example Sentences

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But say you’re an alien descending to Earth for the first time, untainted by the usual rigmarole of health care and self-care.

From Slate • May 26, 2024

She said she has trouble with computers and requested a paper test, but that led to a whole additional rigmarole.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2023

Passengers departing from here do not have to go through the same security rigmarole as they do in major airports.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

If you want to avoid the rigmarole of a wet exit and offshore deep-water reentry rescue, you can also learn to roll your kayak.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

Lancelot, with an uncontrollable desire to get some of his misery off his chest by telling about it—and yet unable to tell the true story to this particular listener—began a long rigmarole about Elaine.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White