raising the roof
Example Sentences
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Bassist Peter Albin recalls the band raising the roof off one day in the 1960s when their playing was interrupted by a knock at the door.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023
Thomas Bryant capped the mini-streak with a dunk so ferocious that it got the paltry crowd on its feet and miming raising the roof in unison with the backup center.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022
The 89 House Democratic women, all dressed in white, and their male counterparts started cheering, high-fiving, and in the case of one New Hampshire Rep. Annie Kuster, raising the roof.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2019
The revival of Wilson’s powerful, raucous drama is raising the roof at the Mark Taper Forum, where the play, currently in previews, opens Sept. 11.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2016
We are this day raising the roof on the walls of our meeting house; the height of the walls from the foundation is seventeen feet.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various
