rowdy

Example Sentences

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Unlike a church service, shows are rowdy and a bit untethered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Semenyo's winner silenced a raucous and rowdy crowd with a real poacher's finish, reacting quickest to latch on to Rayan Ait-Nouri's cross and converting with aplomb.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

We’ve had rowdy truck drivers come kind of close to us, and the DOT guys will be like, “Watch out. What’s going on with you? Slow down.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

There’s hockey puck, lots of it: The rowdy U.S. women is barreling into the semifinals, and the NHL stars have finally returned to build a feisty U.S. men’s team.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

But on a morning after a rowdy Sale, everything was different.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro