rough-and-tumble
Example Sentences
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Fireflies at dusk, flitting around outdoor gatherings as cousins trade jokes with a friendly, rough-and-tumble edge.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
If EVs are coming for the world, this is the rough-and-tumble frontier.
From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026
This may work in some of the rough-and-tumble scraps of urban politics, but it’s hardly the approach of someone who wants to unite a city as important as New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
On the one hand Klopp's 'heavy metal' football was tamed by an appreciation of territorial dominance, on the other Guardiola used Klopp's ideas to adapt to the rough-and-tumble of Premier League life.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
It was a rough-and-tumble version of his table in the Chrysopoesium, scattered with glassware and copper and piles of books.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
