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

"No, no," cried Burrows, with a sort of Rabelaisian uproariousness.

From The Club of Queer Trades by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

She choked back her uproariousness as Jane came along.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

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 Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)

John endeavoured to put on a smile, in feeble sympathy with the uproariousness of Lady Mariamne's laugh—but her daughter took no such trouble.

From The Marriage of Elinor by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)