How to Use boisterous in a Sentence

boisterous

adjective
  • A large and boisterous crowd attended the concert.
  • Jean had all of our attention without being loud or boisterous.
    Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2021
  • From his boisterous entrance, Kaluuya seems prepared to charm.
    Matthew Love, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Despite the boisterous name (and amalgamizing just won’t do), mashing things up is a delicate art form.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
  • When the season finally started in July, the city was a ghost town of its usual boisterous self.
    Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 30 Mar. 2021
  • Qin is seen as a more measured voice compared to some of China’s more boisterous and outspoken diplomats.
    Fortune, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Starmer has faced pushback from the left and accusations of being too bland against the more boisterous Johnson.
    Adam Shaw, Fox News, 7 May 2021
  • The outings, which see boisterous tourist groups moving from bar to bar in Prague’s historic district, drew more than 7 million tourists last year.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Hartman saluted the crowd in his celebration, the most boisterous reaction to a Wild goal the team had heard up to that point this season.
    Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 5 Apr. 2021
  • His body was covered in sweat, his voice was gruff, and thousands of people in the room went from boisterous to silent, sideswiped by DMX’s gospel.
    New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Uneaten corpses and body parts will add nutrients to the soil, bolstering the ecosystem and its denizens long after the boisterous insects disappear.
    Jillian Mock, Scientific American, 9 Apr. 2021
  • There was also something about his daughter’s brash young man with his loud, boisterous laugh and his blunt, seagoing manners that irritated the gentle King.
    Lily Rothman, Time, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Billions of boisterous cicadas are about to burst forth in the eastern United States, and Nancy Hinkle is getting ready to hop in her car.
    Dwight Weingarten, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 May 2021
  • The eight phases of voting together with massive, boisterous election rallies over the last month have continued in the state despite the exploding coronavirus numbers.
    Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Stone beat Philipp Grubauer on the glove side to hush what had been a boisterous crowd.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 June 2021
  • Soon enough, the band was caught on top of the tables as the boisterous crowd cheered for an encore.
    Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2023
  • With each score, the Trojans grew more boisterous on the pool deck.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2021
  • Winds will turn to come from the west late as the front passes and remain quite boisterous. Snow!
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The remark drew a roomful of boisterous cheers at New York’s The Odeon restaurant.
    Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023
  • The track is a boisterous pop-rock tune led by punchy piano, rich horn stabs, and sliced through with sparkling synths.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2021
  • But the boisterous birds already have sharp talons and beaks, so the banding process was handled with care.
    Mike Householder, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • The trailer cuts to a dinner party with a grown-up, boisterous Cary.
    Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The music is boisterous, the servers move quickly, the banquettes are close together and the plates are meant to be shared.
    Alyson Sheppard, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Moira tried the door handle, tugging it abruptly so that the door opened and boisterous wet night rushed in.
    Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
  • Their six-man tag-team brawls fired up already-boisterous wrestling crowds on the weekends.
    Tommy Cummings, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
  • At one point, a boisterous crew heads into the ocean, with someone dipping the cup into the drink.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
  • Away from the boisterous tourist corridor of Cabo is the serene and exclusive East Cape.
    Alesandra Dubin, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This calls for a boisterous family meal where the food is hearty, the jokes a little off-color, and the laughter flows as freely as the wine.
    Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Las Vegas is a city where a great night out can involve a big and boisterous restaurant with a scene.
    Andy Wang, Robb Report, 21 June 2022
  • The Grizzlies crowd was small but boisterous as the hometown boys beat the visiting team 7-6.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2021

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