Rumbustious

"Rumbustious" in a Sentence (5 examples)

I might start reading his book now. It's written in a rumbustious style, they say. It seems like a right laugh.

The book is written in a rumbustious style and contains many amusing anecdotes.

“Childer! Borne ’em I ’ave, an’ buried ’em I ’ave, but now I can’t seem to do wi’ their clatter no more—young things is that restless an’ rumbustious.”

In the rumbustious atmosphere of the mania years, 1845 and 1846, this state of things gave rise to acrimony which both sides faced with confidence; but as the reaction set in during 1847, it seemed better to come to terms.

Joe Githongo had paid a personal price during the Moi era, and proved his credentials during the rumbustious multi-party years, working as a fundraiser for Kibaki’s Democratic Party.

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