How to Use rumpus in a Sentence

rumpus

noun
  • Give your children Sendak, and let the wild rumpus begin.
    Daniel Ross Goodman, National Review, 21 Sep. 2019
  • The growing presence of the boars has sparked a rumpus in local discourse.
    New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Call it the stink of being square, which turned those body styles into icons of messy familial rumpus.
    Jonathon Ramsey, Car and Driver, 27 Oct. 2021
  • A center island divides the kitchen from a living/rumpus room.
    Marcelle Sussman Fischler, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2017
  • Use the climbing rope, rubber sheets and mineral oil to upgrade your rumpus.
    Pat Myers, Washington Post, 12 May 2022
  • But as his rumpus with Mr. Christie entered its second and third rounds, Mr. Rubio appeared to abandon that game plan.
    Michael Barbaro, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2016
  • Without the rumpus of an internal combustion engine, wind roar and tire slap sound all the louder.
    Brett Berk, Wired, 28 Mar. 2020
  • A virtual rumpus room of toys, games, books, clothing, and furniture, the show proves an old adage: Small is beautiful.
    Mark Rozzo, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2012
  • The rumpus encapsulated the trick that several Gulf states are trying to pull off.
    The Economist, 4 July 2019
  • But that was due to change even before the rumpus over Cambridge Analytica.
    The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018
  • But the rumpus continued, as Monday brought another takeover and brief shutdown.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
  • Seattle fans can always keep in touch with Rialto’s rumpus — watchable on the aquarium’s sea otter cam.
    Lynda V. Mapes, The Seattle Times, 24 Mar. 2018
  • The recent stock market rumpus has been set off in part by fears that a tight labor market and quickening wage growth are a foretaste of higher inflation and interest rates.
    Author: Patricia Cohen, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2018
  • As of last Friday, our senior level contacts in both governments were still discussing venues for a presidential meeting to sign an agreement, so this latest rumpus comes as a surprise.
    NBC News, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Anderson's tender, funny ramble captures all the hope and absurdity of adolescence, one wild polyblend rumpus at a time.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Amid the rumpus over jobs, Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister of electronics and information technology met with industry leaders June 18.
    Vidhi Doshi, chicagotribune.com, 25 June 2017
  • Amid the rumpus over jobs,Ravi Shankar Prasad, minister of electronics and information technology met with industry leaders June 18. .
    Vidhi Doshi, Washington Post, 24 June 2017

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