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
• Then the guy singing on the stage noticed the ruckus, too — and stopped singing.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 18 July 2017
• At one point, two of the players try to break up the ruckus.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 19 June 2018
• 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
• Yee moved toward the ruckus to save the small dog, but slipped.
  — Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Aug. 2017
• 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
• Pads and pens will be available on site, but bring the ruckus.
  — Agatha French, latimes.com, 5 July 2019
• But the house of mostly men next door draws a front-page ruckus.
  — Longreads, 23 Apr. 2018
• Make a ruckus in the water and let every bass know where the food is.
  — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
• A small church in Mooresville is causing a big ruckus with its sign.
  — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 19 May 2017
• The rally was inspired, and sent the crowd of 3,895 fans into a ruckus.
  — Katherine Wright, OrlandoSentinel.com, 1 June 2018
• Dodgers fans showed out at Minute Maid Park on Tuesday and brought the ruckus with them.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 26 May 2021
• Of course, any proposal to raise the sales tax would raise a huge ruckus.
  — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 20 Mar. 2018
• 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
• These are not people who want to create a ruckus at the co-op.
  — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 12 June 2018
• Kimmel’s late-night show on Sept. 14 to recount the ruckus.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 16 Sep. 2022
• Last year, despite all the ruckus, the number dipped to a record low of 10 percent.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
• 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
• The homeowner heard the ruckus and confronted the man in the foyer.
  — Jane Morice, cleveland.com, 16 May 2017
• Even that might not be enough, just listen to the man who started all this ruckus.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2022
• The kids ranged in age from four to twelve; the military tent was soon being referred to as the Thunderdome, so constant was the ruckus.
  — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
• But after hearing the ruckus on the upper floors, Steve runs up the stairs to help Nancy, recklessly so.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
• Miss Manners couldn’t quite hear you over the ruckus made by the geese a-laying, the calling birds, the French hens and the turtledoves.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
• Fifteen years later, Gaga is still making gay videos and still causing a ruckus.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
• The ruckus drew a gaggle of onlookers, many of whom filmed the interaction, which went viral afterward.
  — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
• The players began to dogpile on top of each other with some punches being thrown in the ruckus.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025