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

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024