rowdy

Example Sentences

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Unlike a church service, shows are rowdy and a bit untethered.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026

Semenyo's winner silenced a raucous and rowdy crowd with a real poacher's finish, reacting quickest to latch on to Rayan Ait-Nouri's cross and converting with aplomb.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

We’ve had rowdy truck drivers come kind of close to us, and the DOT guys will be like, “Watch out. What’s going on with you? Slow down.”

From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026

For Milan Cortina, the Winter Games will introduce a new two-skier event, Team Combined, and there’s been inevitable speculation of a Shiffrin partnership with Lindsey Vonn, the downhiller chasing a rowdy Olympic comeback at 41.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

As the sun ran for the west, rowdy songs started up in the taverns and groggeries.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson