roughhousing
Example Sentences
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The couple already had two kids, Ben and Penny, and envisioned all of the roughhousing, road trips and happy mayhem that comes with four children.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 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
The new season also fleshes out Tina, capitalizing on the nuanced tones Colón-Zayas uses to color a personality far more expansive than a hard exterior and roughhousing humor.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2023
Besides climbing, the main actions of the dancers remained in the zone of perpetual entanglement: roughhousing, hugging.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
The rooms, piled above each other like roughhousing siblings, faced a trash heap.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
