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boisterous

[boi-ster-uhs, -struhs] / ˈbɔɪ stər əs, -strəs /


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In a boisterous, crowded classroom on a recent fall day, Christopher Jackson asked his 12th-graders at Da Vinci Communications who is wealthier: they or the 52-year-old teacher?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

In 1996, David Keating cast her as Cathleen, the boisterous mother to a sullen teenager played by Jared Leto in “The Last of the High Kings.”

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

“White Lotus” stars Jason Isaacs and Aimee Lou Wood shared a boisterous laugh, while Powell made sure his parents were in his range of sight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026

The game was played out amid a boisterous atmosphere in a stadium packed with Algerian fans in a crowd of 18,522.

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

The one thing I did, though, I was careful as hell not to get boisterous or anything.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger




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