rough-and-tumble
Example Sentences
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Mr. Soto makes evocative use of pop songs and a wandering clarinet motif, and with cinematographer Juan Sarmiento G. fashions a rough-and-tumble aesthetic well-suited to its chaotic central character.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
In 1576 a theater rose in a rough-and-tumble London neighborhood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Whether it’s about Indigenous people and what they had to go through under cowboys, or reclaiming the cowboy spirit of what America was built on — this kind of rough-and-tumble existence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
Sloan’s rough-and-tumble peekaboo game is exemplary for a first-timer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
They don’t surrender anything—not their friendships, video games, the rough-and-tumble sports some of them play, or even their macho posturing.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
