roughhousing

Example Sentences

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The couple already had two kids, Ben and Penny, and envisioned all of the roughhousing, road trips and happy mayhem that comes with four children.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 28, 2023

The comedic roughhousing fell into a predictable rhythm, the character evolution slowed and its sociopolitical critiques grew soft.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2023

He recalls research in the 1970s on roughhousing in cockroaches, for example, that would immediately be considered an example of play if puppies were doing it.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023

Besides climbing, the main actions of the dancers remained in the zone of perpetual entanglement: roughhousing, hugging.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2023

Some clubs were all about sports and roughhousing.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield