rigmarole

Example Sentences

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But say you’re an alien descending to Earth for the first time, untainted by the usual rigmarole of health care and self-care.

From Slate • May 26, 2024

She said she has trouble with computers and requested a paper test, but that led to a whole additional rigmarole.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2023

“Matterhorn” fused those elements by incorporating the internal lives of the characters into the daily rigmarole of military life.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

"We don't want to go through that rigmarole again, we want a permanent site."

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2022

Lancelot, with an uncontrollable desire to get some of his misery off his chest by telling about it—and yet unable to tell the true story to this particular listener—began a long rigmarole about Elaine.

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