How to Use ruckus in a Sentence

ruckus

noun
  • On the third day of that first week, the ruckus outside the school grew.
    Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2020
  • And the teenagers causing a ruckus were Arab teenagers.
    Allison Norlian, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Of course, the Long Boy hears the ruckus and goes after Lisey and Scott.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 June 2021
  • The driver, 35, said her shirt was torn and her arm scratched in the ruckus.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 14 May 2022
  • In the meantime, there is a ruckus in the genteel world of golf.
    New York Times, 11 May 2022
  • Make a ruckus in the water and let every bass know where the food is.
    Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Dodgers fans showed out at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday and brought the ruckus with them.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 26 May 2021
  • Soon, the stress of causing such a ruckus on the beach is too much for Casey to handle, and… Man down!
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Kimmel’s late-night show on Sept. 14 to recount the ruckus.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
  • In this instance, a young man acted up and caused a ruckus.
    Jay Parini, CNN, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Officers checked the area and found a flock of turkeys and a fox, which was likely the cause of the ruckus.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Both Gearhart and Bodhi raised a ruckus and the bear ran out through the picture window.
    Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021
  • Even that might not be enough, just listen to the man who started all this ruckus.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022
  • Bennet saw a small buck and few does early on but then heard a ruckus out ahead of him in a bean field.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But the main source of confusion came when some mistook the ruckus for a shooting.
    Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Boston, not one to heap praise on herself, smiled and gently shook her head at the ruckus.
    oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Raising a ruckus in the early ‘90s, the beloved Tijuana punks have left a legacy for the ages.
    Isabela Raygoza, refinery29.com, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Maybe this interview will start a ruckus, and there will be a search party for it.
    Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2023
  • When groups of them start, well, howling, the ruckus is audible from 3 miles away.
    Jessica Boddy, Popular Science, 3 Feb. 2020
  • That reactive ruckus is what causes the hole in the ozone layer.
    J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • This past April, in the lead-up to Wisconsin's spring election, there was a ruckus that, from afar, made no sense.
    Jack Hitt, Wired, 13 Aug. 2020
  • Why do those messages cause a ruckus among some drivers?
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Thornton later fled with the help of a crowd of supporters, who caused a ruckus outside of the jail.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Needless to say, Dylan sure knows how to cause a funny ruckus!
    Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
  • Once the ruckus was over, the Orioles sent nine batters to the plate in the bottom of the inning and scored four runs that led to a 15-10 victory.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2022
  • And all that ruckus in your chest can be blamed on your ever-changing body chemistry.
    Kimberly A. Daly, Parents, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Rabbits will race along the edges of old houses and barns, then jet away from the ruckus into easy shotgun range.
    T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Even worse, the buggers appear at random from a draw bag as your exploration of the ship makes more of a ruckus.
    Dan Thurot, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2020
  • The ruckus raised by residents and others forced the government to change its plan.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • That excitable ruckus that teenage boys tend to make when playing Fortnite.
    Star Tribune, 29 Aug. 2020

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