rough-housing

Example Sentences

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“The child was rough-housing with his brother,” Parlatore said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2022

“I can’t. I can recall a lot of rough-housing with guys,” Judge said.

From The Guardian • Sep. 26, 2018

“I can recall a lot of rough-housing with guys,” he said in an interview with the Weekly Standard.

From Slate • Sep. 23, 2018

"I can recall a lot of rough-housing with guys," Judge said.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2018

If ever there was a scandal in Raka-hanga it was the sight of this six-foot-three of raving, roaring savage, rough-housing the place upside down and bellowing insults at the top of his lungs.

From Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Osbourne, Lloyd