How to Use donnybrook in a Sentence

donnybrook

noun

• A donnybrook has erupted over the court's decision.
• The donnybrook was on, sweeping the two from the middle of the bus to the front.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 23 Apr. 2018
• Adding insult to injury has been a donnybrook over the Western Wall.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 19 May 2017
• Here are a few mental snapshots: ‣ A man, naked to the waist, with a gash on his shoulder and blood running down his face, broke free from the donnybrook down front and ran up the aisle.
  — Daniel Durchholz, Billboard, 26 July 2017
• Then Odor connected with a right-handed punch squarely to Bautista’s jaw, touching off quite a donnybrook .
  — Noah Trister, The Seattle Times, 5 May 2017
• In this hectic, insane, breakneck, donnybrook-a-day world of ours, whittling is a gateway to inner peace.
  — Tom Angleberger, WIRED, 21 Aug. 2009
• The dynastic feuding has sucked most of the oxygen out of the room as the media, understandably, focused on the old-fashioned Irish donnybrook.
  — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Then, tight end Demetrius Harris and defensive end Ben Banogu got together for a donnybrook.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• The first donnybrook: Is defensive tackle Trysten Hill fighting for a roster spot in 2020?
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2020
• On Monday, when the panel conducted a hearing about the Mueller report, there was a partisan donnybrook.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 14 June 2019
• What followed is a legal donnybrook that has the region’s top law firms fighting to keep documents about the hospital under seal.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2021
• But in the partisan donnybrook surrounding the bill’s passage, little attention was paid to the fact that the benefits cut off at the margin rather than sloping down.
  — The Economist, 27 Feb. 2021
• Its warring progressive and pro-Cranley coalitions have drawn a line in the sand over this mayor-city manager donnybrook. ...
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• In 2017, George became involved in a political donnybrook in his back yard, with Cleveland City Council.
  — John Caniglia, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2020
• But for those either inside the historic Birmingham venue or watching on Facebook, the Democratic donnybrook came as somewhat of a shock.
  — John Sharp, AL.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• That quickly revealed itself to be gun violence, and given the verbal blood sport the issue triggers, a debate could have devolved into a full-fledged donnybrook.
  — Meredith Mendelsohn, New York Times, 22 June 2018
• The benches-clearing incident might be the only thing keeping alive graying terms like ruckus, donnybrook, rumble, battle royal and rhubarb.
  — Jeff Miller, Orange County Register, 10 June 2017
• But the defensive aggressiveness did lead to a donnybrook where Lopez was ejected — an incident that will carry a suspension for Pomona’s next game.
  — Jake Shapiro, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2019
• Confrontation of all kinds is a key comedic element of Letterkenny, and not just because Canadians like a good donnybrook and have the capacity, male and female, to beat your ass solid while looking like the friendliest folks around.
  — Tim Goodman, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2018
• Absolutely nobody imagined that scenario in the aftermath of their May 2017 donnybrook that got both suspended.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• But those expecting a donnybrook will likely be disappointed, church experts say.
  — Daniel Burke, CNN, 18 May 2017
• On top of this, the legislatures appointing electors would trigger a historic donnybrook in Congress, which considers objections to electoral ballots under the Electoral Count Act of 1887.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 13 Nov. 2020

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