uproariousness
Example Sentences
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And it was this which drained away as I watched Finny’s face pass through all the gradations between uproariousness and shock.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
A general inclination to uproariousness prevailed in Mrs. Colwyn's absence, and it must be confessed that neither Janetta nor Nora tried very hard to repress the little ones' noise.
From A True Friend A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
I have been disturbed at night by their uproariousness, for they are convivial to a fault; but in my immediate relations with them I have always found them frank, kindly, and courteous.
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Edward Harrison Barker
Rachael and Muriel raised a mild if somewhat surprised laugh, in which Dick and Maury joined, both of them red in the face and restraining uproariousness with the most apparent difficulty.
From The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
"No, no," cried Burrows, with a sort of Rabelaisian uproariousness.
From The Club of Queer Trades by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
