harum-scarum

Example Sentences

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The Maoris started the second-half in harum-scarum fashion, going down to 13 men when TK Howden and Bailyn Sullivan both committed yellow-card offences, but Scotland could only score five points in that 10-minute spell.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025

Fred is a harum-scarum kind of player, someone who, to the untrained observer, tends to dash about with no obvious purpose.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021

There’s going to be some harum-scarum riding out there, one imagines.

From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2019

For all its harum-scarum reputation, fell running is easy.

From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2016

The now vigorous boy might go at his companions harum-scarum, with sword and buckler..

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White