rough-housing

Example Sentences

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“The child was rough-housing with his brother,” Parlatore said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2022

Then much of the day the office becomes a complete circus with both dogs barking and chasing each other and rough-housing.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2018

"I can recall a lot of rough-housing with guys," Judge said.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2018

Lawrence was born in 1990 in Louisville, Kentucky, where she grew up riding, playing sports and rough-housing her two older brothers.

From The Guardian • Oct. 17, 2015

Watson could not recognize himself, nor could his worst enemy have recognized him, in the swashbuckling, rough-housing picture that was painted of him.

From The Night-Born by London, Jack