ruckus

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The projections could change all that and even create enough of a ruckus to get a reluctant, car-crazed city to make that Grand Avenue block pedestrian.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Various proposals to reverse those measures have kicked up a ruckus in Berlin, in recent months, as an overdue argument about intergenerational fairness is getting some air.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The ruckus over the edits contributed to the departure of two top CBS News executives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

In fact, If some speech didn’t create a ruckus, it wouldn’t need protection.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2025

Can’t take Uncle Neville anywhere, Sierra thought, but just then the greasy-haired guard came out of the library alongside a few others and ran toward the ruckus on the lawn.

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older