roughhouse

Example Sentences

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There, he and friends would roughhouse in front yards, church playgrounds ... any place they could.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2024

The elves roughhouse them down a slide that definitely doesn't appear to be up to code.

From Salon • Dec. 13, 2022

Mauro Bellugi pestered Brooking in the roughhouse style.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2021

Shavell said her father taught her how to play softball, loved to roughhouse with her and her brother, could fix anything around the house, and was the person that neighbors called if they needed anything.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2020

Of course Betsie had always seemed older because she couldn’t run and roughhouse the way other children did.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom