rumpus

Example Sentences

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Labour HQ seems neither surprised nor perturbed by the rumpus their proposals this week caused.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2023

Sirota donated the space — that garage/rehearsal/studio/hangout spot, affectionately known as “the rumpus room,” is hers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

At the center of the rumpus is the confrontational enthusiast Nicholas Reeves, 66, who shares a home near Oxford, England, with a nameless house cat.

From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022

Sometimes, they have to do with the people in control of it all, but when that happens, the magnates are rarely encouraging the rumpus.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021

“I appeared on the TV game show Concentration in 1968,” he announced, “and won a roomful of furniture and wood paneling for my rumpus room.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein