roughhousing

Example Sentences

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Her powers of observation miss nothing: roughhousing children, bickering adults, pets scampering underfoot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2024

As the grazing heifers lifted their horns, their playful roughhousing seemed like a display of holiday cheer.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 24, 2023

The comedic roughhousing fell into a predictable rhythm, the character evolution slowed and its sociopolitical critiques grew soft.

From Salon • Sep. 2, 2023

He recalls research in the 1970s on roughhousing in cockroaches, for example, that would immediately be considered an example of play if puppies were doing it.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023

After a long time she decided they were not talking but roughhousing, and so she started home.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George