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Recent Examples of rambunctious And the mess wasn’t just localized to the trash can—there were husks everywhere, like rose petals tossed by a rambunctious 4-year-old flower girl thrilled to be at her first wedding. Josh Miller, Southern Living, 8 June 2025 She's got a big personality in a tiny package—rambunctious one minute, cuddly the next. Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025 Although bonded by blood, their approach to the drug game is different: Meech is rambunctious, while Terry is more prudent. Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 13 June 2025 So filled with the Kool-Aid and just so rambunctious. James Grebey, Vulture, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for rambunctious
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rambunctious
Adjective
  • Keys’ exit left just one of the top six women in the bracket before the end of Week 1: No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who stuck around by claiming the last five games and defeating 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu of Britain 7-6 (6), 6-4 at a boisterous Centre Court at night.
    Howard Fendrich, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2025
  • But analysts have said a key factor also has been growing international protest against the brand because of Musk’s affiliation with the Trump administration and his boisterous leadership of its budget-cutting Department of Government Efficiency.
    Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • The doc contains lots of footage of the rowdy crowd.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 8 July 2025
  • More toward the rowdy end are the closet-sized bars of Shinjuku’s Golden Gai, a warren of grungy alleys home to snug drinking holes with obscure themes and idiosyncratic bartender-owners.
    Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Reporters were not allowed to attend the meeting, but the raucous crowd could be heard from outside.
    Vanessa Romo, NPR, 7 July 2025
  • Johnson was then lauded with the award statuette, to another round of raucous applause.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • In February, a lively and well-attended protest march took over the streets of downtown McAllen; a news site compared it to a celebration after a high-school-football victory.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 7 July 2025
  • The nightlife scene is surprisingly buzzy, with local favorites such as the Silver Dollar Bar and Saloon and the iconic Million Dollar Cowboy Bar offering live music and a lively crowd.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
Adjective
  • Around this time, the outfit’s quirky, lightly rumbustious songs began to resonate across British press and radio; accessible while containing a marked dose of strangeness, Fontaine’s songwriting – at once emotionally raw and witty – boasted a strong multi-generational appeal.
    Sophie Williams, Billboard, 8 May 2025
  • The movie is both exquisite and rumbustious, stylized and energized.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 May 2022
Adjective
  • Joy’s jazzy, smoky version of the Marvin Gaye classic, coupled with her velvety vocals, sparked another rollicking ovation led by John who was the first to stand up.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 4 Feb. 2023
  • His setlist, a rollicking walk-down-memory-lane of solo hits, NKOTB favorites, standards, show tunes and cover songs, showcased his range as an entertainer, musical virtuoso and keen collaborator.
    Sonal Dutt, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • The world is crowded, noisy, and sometimes hostile.
    F. Willis Johnson, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
  • The negatives included noisy wheels and some faulty stitching.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • On June 25, Monroe officers used a drone to track down a violent offender who had fled into a wooded area, police said.
    Maia Nehme, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • Before long, his life is plagued by a series of mysterious, sinister incidents that threaten to upend his success and bring about a most violent demise.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 1 July 2025

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“Rambunctious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rambunctious. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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