How To Use Rowdy In A Sentence

His love-making is passionate and impulsive, joyous almost to rowdyism. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
This net work will show what it ` s viewers want to see African Americans clubbing it up, not in stuffy dances at round tables but in rowdy bars and questionable venues like an after game NBA Allstar Party. Democratic Convention, Yes. Republicans, Not So Much - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Perhaps you wonder how so numerous a race of these beings has come to exist; but that boy at your elbow, bending under the weight of his literary burden, is a colporteur for converting the men and women of this "enlightened nation" to rowdyism. The Elements of Character
That leads to a general impression of rowdy behaviour and general yobbery.
Dr Winiata showed on TV the other night during a rowdy and unmanaged debate just how quietly sensible, measured and controlled they can be.

Even the more rowdy numbers managed to combine hip-thrusting, frilly-shirted swagger with no hint of tumescent, swollen subtext. Times, Sunday Times
The pictures display a simple, white and elegant interior design which is about to get crowdy once the workers will fill the place, no doubt. Fusion Office Suite From Enrico Pellizzoni
Landlords share information about troublemakers and telephone each other to warn about rowdy drinkers.
He added that the situation had also rebounded on residents of the estate who've been suffering rowdy student behaviour in the past.
Victorians drew little class distinction between the rowdy music-hall and 'serious' playgoing. Times, Sunday Times
There is no doubt that Hammarskj6ld's northern sense of propriety was deeply shaken by the roughness of the outburst, and ironically, since the Russian code of what is socially permissible comes largely across the Baltic from Sweden, it was precisely this rowdy behavior of Khrushchev's, dubbed Ne-Kulturny (uncultured), which eventually proved his undoing at home. An Autobiography
Birds ordinarily mute are vociferous, and the rowdy ones -- the varied honey-eater as an example -- losing all control of their tongues, call and whistle in ecstasy. Confessions of a Beachcomber
If the chemistry is right, they can be fun, rowdy, and filled with a bit of harmless debauchery.
Many of those detained had been aggressive and there had been reports of rowdy behaviour on trains heading to Cologne, he added. Times, Sunday Times
rowdy teenagers
There were many rowdy demonstrations across the country against the live export trade prior to the beef ban. Times, Sunday Times
I recall accosting some rowdy teenagers outside my house: my few cautionary words were met with a hail of stones, too small to injure but enough to frighten and humiliate.
The citizen who fears the ill-smelling drunk, the rowdy teenager, or the importuning beggar is not merely expressing his distaste for unseemly behavior; he is also giving voice to a bit of folk wisdom that happens to be a correct generalization — namely, that serious street crime flourishes in areas in which disorderly behavior goes unchecked. Broken Windows
Amen! went up to heaven in ratification of the deed, mingled with a few hisses and wrathful exclamations from some who were evidently in a rowdyish state of mind, but who were at once cowed by the popular feeling. Revolution Day
How had a white dancer in blackface captured a rowdy crowd of laborers?
TUCSON - The ASU women's tennis team was able to earn a victory in Tucson by keeping its composure amidst a rowdy UA crowd. ASU News | The State Press | Arizona State University
Scotchman is silent upon the subject of "vivers," and wisely talks not of either "crowdy" or barley meal, but tells of the time when he was a sitter in the kirk of the Rev. Peter Poundtext, showing his Christian charity by the most profound contempt as well for the ordinances of the Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick, North America
They complained of rowdy hot tub parties, blaring music, fighting and slamming car doors. The Sun
Long after he left the stage, a rowdy scrum of fans were still fighting over this sweaty souvenir. Times, Sunday Times
The mention of Bavaria may still conjure up images of rowdy beer halls, oompah bands and red-cheeked folk in dirndl and lederhosen, but the state capital, Munich, is revamping itself as Germany's answer to silicon valley. How Bavaria became a European silicon valley
It is now nearly four months since police imposed a dispersal order covering Rodbourne Cheney, Moredon and Green-meadow following a barrage of complaints about rowdy youths.
In Rook-land the rowdy-dowdy, randy-dandy, rollicky-ranky boys get up very early in the morning and go to bed in the afternoon. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
For band geeks, one of those passions effectively disappears on the day we graduate from college, so it stands to reason that someone out there found a way to return to the joy of making rowdy, football-field-sized music on big, blatting horns. Exploding marching band chic and the rise of the Capital-N Nerd « The Retort
I recall accosting some rowdy teenagers outside my house: my few cautionary words were met with a hail of stones, too small to injure but enough to frighten and humiliate.
I was suddenly aware of how noisy and rowdy the party was, and I noted the heavy smell of alcohol in the air.
It all got a bit rowdy. The Sun
All songs share a penchant for incisive, thoughtful lyricism, but those words may be screamed over rowdy feedback in "Bootstraps" or catcalled in a dirty falsetto on bluesy tracks like "Company. Heather Browne: Drew Grow Brings Rock and Roll Salvation
I picked up a bottle half buried in the wet sand, covered with barnacles, but stoppled tight, and half full of red ale, which still smacked of juniper, -- all that remained I fancied from the wreck of a rowdy world, -- that great salt sea on the one hand, and this little sea of ale on the other, preserving their separate characters. Cape Cod
Such rowdy, ruffianly, and apparently motiveless violence has a much longer history than the term hooligan.
Several days into the fest, the press screenings started getting rowdy.
I see grime music as a UK crunk, they get you hyped and people get rowdy, it's the same vibe.
It is not unusual for a works outing to turn rowdy in the hotel bar. Times, Sunday Times
The crowd of rowdy men grew around us, but we only had eyes for each other. The Sun
They complained of rowdy hot tub parties, blaring music, fighting and slamming car doors. The Sun
A rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions: mug, roughneck , rowdy, ruffian, tough. Informal toughie. Slang hood, punk.
They are noisy and rowdy. The Sun
The DJ's handle is Rowdy Yates, same as Clint Eastwood's character in Rawhide.
Tories claimed the spread of rowdy behaviour to primary schools was proof the Government had lost its grip on discipline. The Sun
I suppose there was more turbulence and what would be called rowdyism in my day than now. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
I preserve my personal space, while Richard can be as rowdy as he likes with his rock band friends and his visiting son. KICK BACK
It was designed to tackle unsocial behaviour such as loud music, rowdy or offensive behaviour or dog control in Braintree, Witham and Halstead, by getting those responsible to sign a contract promising to mend their ways.
Fighting, rowdyism and general mayhem erupted on the quiet main street of Abbeyleix on Sunday last.
[(d)] rowdy behaviour in the streets late at night which alarms local residents.
There was no rowdy behaviour. The Sun
On my way out, I carefully skirted a group of bikers playing a rowdy game of pool.
I was suddenly aware of how noisy and rowdy the party was, and I noted the heavy smell of alcohol in the air.
The hero joins the band of underworld dons and becomes a rowdy.
But here the joke is taken even further in that the rowdy revelations and carnival vulgarities of a typical Jerry Springer talk show are set by Richard Thomas to chorales and anthems evoking Bach and Handel.
You are nothing but an uncouth, patronizing, unprincipled, rowdy group of misfits who aren't fit for any respectable job!
Two weeks ago, we reported how hordes of rowdy teenagers were congregating in the library entrance hall, causing mayhem and hurling abuse at users.
We are pretty rowdy," confirms Rose deckhand and designated hunk James Creel. Deadliest Catch Returns with New Boats and Crews
Long after he left the stage, a rowdy scrum of fans were still fighting over this sweaty souvenir. Times, Sunday Times
The roads resound with atrocious profanity, and the rowdyism of the saloons and bar-rooms is repressed, not extirpated. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Les Choristes takes place in the Fond de l' étang boarding school, where rowdy problem kids only know strict discipline and harsh punishment.
Some people will surely take it as a rowdy party in the parental home. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps that lent an extra measure of contrast to the rowdy group at the back of the smoking section.
I could tell she was making a valiant attempt to join in the rambunctious merrymaking with the rowdy crowd.
When they talk to me, and say I'm rowdyish because I walk fences and play ball with the boys and climb trees, I try not to show it, but it hurts me way deep down. The Governess
They live in a smart house in London that echoes to the sound of rowdy footsteps on the stairs and cheerful demands for attention. Times, Sunday Times
There are old people's flats around and they feel threatened with the rowdy behavior of these kids.
B. Bunny thereafter regaled me with stories so rowdy they verged on the sociopathic. Getting Their Guns Off
Birds ordinarily mute are vociferous, and the rowdy ones — the varied honey-eater as an example — losing all control of their tongues, call and whistle in ecstasy. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
The famous sailor dance mimicked the movement of drunk, rowdy crewmen.
Tories claimed the spread of rowdy behaviour to primary schools was proof the Government had lost its grip on discipline. The Sun
It was a very good cast, all in all, with great contributions from the male chorus, in hilarious turns as the rowdy serenading musicians and the police force.
Please fill the Ricoh Arena with tens of thousands of rowdy new fans cheering new glories. Times, Sunday Times
Dogs evidently scare birds away unintentionally by their rowdy and unsavoury behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
Hans Frederick Unmann was born 1932 in Dresden, married at eighteen, divorced at nineteen, dismissed from the Young Communists for rowdyism (criminal charges for assault dropped). Gorky Park
Eight pubs across the Pennines are to ban stag and hen parties in an attempt to curb rowdy behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
It all got a bit rowdy. The Sun
They complained of rowdy hot tub parties, blaring music, fighting and slamming car doors. The Sun
Every so often the Royal Marines let off smoke grenades to disperse the increasingly rowdy crowd.
She waved at him over her shoulder before they followed the young man through the streets, desperately trying not to lose sight of him while weaving in and out of the rowdy crowd.
They are worried they will have to put up with loutish behaviour from rowdy drinkers, vandalism and kitchen smells.
They were rowdy and shouting - they weren't interested in going to the pictures, they were looking for a fight.
Forget all about rowdy post-wedding dances where an eightsome is an excuse to throw women around, reels are danced energetically but correctly.
The mood was largely festive and often rowdy, but police effectively quashed most actions of any size.
When I arrived at Cronulla at about midday the crowd was fairly calm, rowdy and yobbo-ish, though not violent. The Cronulla Mob
Residents using the shops have complained about the group's rowdy behaviour and businesses say they are losing customers.
West-Central classroom, and the rowdy crew of London roughs hulking and hustling on the benches, learning per medium of "the dodger," that one's duty to one's neighbour was not to abuse him foully without cause, to refrain one's hands from pocket-picking, shop-raiding, hustling, and jellying heads with brass-buckled belts or iron knuckle-dusters, and not to get drunk before Saturday night. The Dop Doctor
The song switched from some rowdy dance mix, to a very slow and achingly sweet song.
Still only 23, he was in "legendarily rowdy upstarts" Les Incompetents and "legendarily doomy experimentalists" Ox. First sight: Spector
The rowdy crowd jumped up and down on the roof to smash the skylight window.
Be especially aware of late night, rowdy discussions around the campfire, or yelling and shouting.
Police now have more powers than ever to crack down on boozy rowdy behaviour.
There is an air of bored resignation among our police forces about rowdyism on estates. The Sun
I was a teenager, one of Blanche's many rowdy great-grandchildren, a girl who smoked pot and tippled Gallo Rose in the garage. Camp Wonder
Comments it will be a special line for workers, pupils, students, old people specially the whom are living in terraferma, which can only be taken by special subscription card owners during crowdy periods (carnival, summer, biennale) to avoid missing trains and other problems of this kind during week working time. The Venetian Line
His enervated foster parents solved the problem by giving the little rowdy into the custody of a cloister.
They are noisy and rowdy. The Sun
I discovered I had dropped off at one point when I was awoken by a bunch of rowdy drunkards, and then spent the rest of the night clock watching, urging the morning to come.
They were a noisy, turbulent mob, cheered on by like rowdyish sympathizers lining the pavements. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail
It was a busy day and the rough customers were more than a little rowdy that evening.
On a recent Wednesday night the crowd was rowdy and stylish and clearly enjoying themselves at the bar at the front of the room.
Housing chiefs say such behaviour will not be tolerated, and have warned rowdy tenants that they face eviction.
They had a covered grandstand and a scoreboard which attracted a large and rowdy home crowd with streaking blue garbage can drummers.
Santorini and Mykonos are worthwile to visit, very beautiful but very crowdy in August .. Palace
A forum that often is raucous and rowdy was solemn and grave.
Even in moments of idle chitchat Nigella sounds as though she's moments away from opening the door to a team of rowdy sailors looking for rumpo and giving them a full oil and lube. At My Table
At ten o'clock, despite the fact that the police were present to control any undue rowdyism, the gates were closed.
Rowdy pigs pushed the passers by off the side walk; tipsy pigs hiccoughed their version of "We wont go home till morning," from the gutter; and delicate young pigs tripped daintily through the mud, as if, like "Mrs. Peery-bingle," they plumed themselves upon their ankles, and kept themselves particularly neat in point of stockings. Hospital Sketches
Nearby, strings of bare-bulbed lights illuminate an outdoor fiesta where dozens of Tecate locals in cowboy boots and chunky heels dance to the rowdy ranchero band Los Incomparables. Worlds Away
Nobody else was around but a rowdy game of basketball was being played in the court beside the grassy area.
But the celebrations clearly got a bit rowdy because some local council noise control monitors turned up to tell them to pipe down. The Sun
Taxi drivers could reduce the chance of being assaulted by installing a protective shield to separate them from rowdy passengers.
In 1992, he was arrested after rowdy scenes outside a Nottingham nightclub, but released without charge.
Over the years, December 31 has become synonymous with drunken and rowdy behaviour in public.
There were people visibly drunk on the streets this weekend and there is a lot of rowdyism in the town in general.
Eight pubs across the Pennines are to ban stag and hen parties in an attempt to curb rowdy behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
Police are preparing to launch a crackdown on rowdy youths in Stratton, Swindon.
Certainly from the reports so far, it seems as though guards based in the city centre had not been given the training to deal with a rowdy crowd.
The combativeness indicated by the form of the head was accentuated by the conspicuous jaw, the firm, thin-lipped mouth, and the closely cropped hair and beard, already fading into white; but there was nothing rough or rowdyish in his manner or appearance. A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
gurrier-in-chief" during the previous day's rowdy set-to in the chamber. Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
When a loud, rowdy group of kids came in, I just kept my head down and ignored them.
But the celebrations clearly got a bit rowdy because some local council noise control monitors turned up to tell them to pipe down. The Sun
Encroachments by the locals staying in Mahipalpur had occupied the way, 10 am office hours highly crowdy, 1pm school hours space less, 5 pm employees of Gurgaon MNCs coming back home. Mahipalpur to Gurgaon (NIghtmare into Fantasy)
Had she been some rowdy inebriate they might have turned the plane around or emergency-landed. Lionel: Olfactory Terror at 36K Feet
A minstrel show became four or so men in blackface doing rough and rowdy songs on banjo, fiddle, tambourine and clacking bones, interspersed with japes, skits and dancing.
The three dozen first-graders were a rowdy and wiggly bunch, almost as jumpy as some of the animals brought out for them to pet.
Yet a perception that fans are rowdy remains. Times, Sunday Times
I try not to lose my temper if things are getting a bit rowdy now. Times, Sunday Times
Far more than mature Jerry, was mature Michael playful and rowdyish. CHAPTER IV
Yet a perception that fans are rowdy remains. Times, Sunday Times
Remember when you were in school and the class got a bit rowdy? Times, Sunday Times
I miss a little of their dialogue as a rowdy French accordion medley assaults my ears.
I have a hunch the “clique” comment about OD may be related to the podcast, sometimes it seems a little chummy and “in crowdy”, but in the context, it doesn’t bother me. Pathfinder Modern Pledge Drive Leaves Me Ambivalent « Geek Related
The general rowdyism was at its height, when some one had the happy idea that Krafft should sing them his newest song. Maurice Guest
Number 1: “They are still rowdy in steerage sir, a bunch of Indians and Chinese think they deserve to be up here in the First Class cocktail lounge” Think Progress » Big Oil Launches Attack On Al Gore
But LIRR conductor Vincent Tessitore Jr., a nonvoting board member, said Mr. Kay was overlooking the risks of rowdy passengers. A Ride Home, Anonymously
Samit Basu at 09: 05 on 13 June who is stirring stormclouds rowdy? who meets angels and says howdy? who makes squiffy skuas squelch? Archive 2009-06-01
The audience was an array of stars, rowdy fans and industry bigwigs, including Virgin magnate Richard Branson.
From the table of rowdy carousers came a loud voice.
A parent said: 'They were being a bit rowdy. The Sun
And the boys would get rowdy, running around and sassing us.
A short ensemble skate to "Moon River" featuring Ms. Hamill was greeted with hoots, foot-stomps and hollers, a rather rowdy response for a staid crowd that knows a good twizzle when it sees one. Hamill Gala Showing Is Golden
Problems started a year ago with youngsters being rowdy and lighting fires, he said.
Police are also cracking down on rowdy teenagers who have been causing a disturbance at stations in the area.
The crowd at St Heliers Bay was a rowdy bunch that year, with music, alcohol, fireworks, skyrockets and copious amounts of police.
These include banning sportswear and tatty jeans, more bouncers, an orderly queuing system, better foyer lighting, a strict ID policy and training bar staff to refuse to serve drunks and eject rowdy customers.
A parent said: 'They were being a bit rowdy. The Sun
There was no rowdy behaviour. The Sun
Virgil wasn't too rowdy in the sack, but he had potential.
What's also exciting about this new night is its location, the sumptuous, light-up dancefloor-boasting Clapham Grand, which normally plays host to rowdy events like the notorious Aussie piss-up, The Church. This week's new clubs
One by one, loud, rowdy girls begin to file in from the halls.
The types of delinquency ranged from low-level stuff like being rowdy on a street corner, to theft from home and school, up to housebreaking, joyriding and robbery.
Most of the kids at the school were rowdy and rambunctious, but they knew not to mess with the principal.
Tanzania's police, who rarely confront civil disobedience, have tear-gas sed rowdy opposition rallies.
This mildness makes their entrance acceptable in places where the grown-up version is considered too rowdy.
Police stormed the residence and found 11 enthusiastic people noisily engaged in a rowdy game of dice.
Please consume alcohol in moderate quantities so that you become mildly sedated but not rowdy.
Crowds of rowdy youngsters streaming into Walton from outlying towns and villages are causing a problem.
Moreover, there was a rowdyish element of the population which was very hostile to them and everything connected with them, as Dr. Kahn had good cause to know. Notable Women of Modern China
All songs share a penchant for incisive, thoughtful lyricism, but those words may be screamed over rowdy feedback in "Bootstraps," catcalled in a dirty falsetto on bluesy tracks like "Company," or nearly whispered in the communal pouring-out of spirit on "It All Comes Right. Heather Browne: Drew Grow Brings Rock and Roll Salvation
Campaigning youngsters are demanding more leisure activities and increased police patrols in the borough to clamp down on rowdy youths.
Late night rowdyism in the town could decrease now that local authorities have new powers to curb anti-social behaviour.
Communist Party of India Marxist a lot of opportunism, strategies of militancy attract unruly types who straddle the border line between rebellion and mere rowdyism. Archive 2006-08-01
William's downfall, in The Zeal of Thy House, comes about partly because of his unchaste, rowdy, and drunken way of life.
In Billericay, police were called to move on a crowd of more than 50 rowdy supporters after they spilled on to the High Street, but no arrests were made.
Ralph Touchett wandered away a little, with his usual slouching gait, his hands in his pockets and his little rowdyish terrier at his heels. The Portrait of a Lady
Dogs evidently scare birds away unintentionally by their rowdy and unsavoury behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
According to Nigel Waters in his review of the book - A crowdy crystal ball The Globe and Mail Book Section for July 17, 2004 -- Surowiecki is able to show that, for certain types of problems, the group is wiser than the individual. Internet News: Search Technology Archives
Rowdy yelps spill out of the plain stucco house in Tarzana that murmurs with the dull thud of bass.
A clampdown on late night rowdyism and vandalism has been promised this week by the authorities in Laois.
A man has been fined for rowdy behaviour in a cemetery, including pretending to be a ghost. Times, Sunday Times
As usual, there was a large group of rowdy sailors surrounding the table, which actually helped to lighten up the heavy atmosphere.
There were many rowdy demonstrations across the country against the live export trade prior to the beef ban. Times, Sunday Times
Most of the kids at the school were rowdy and rambunctious, but they knew not to mess with the principal.
They will take human form and start rowdy polling booth stoushes on election day.
I try not to lose my temper if things are getting a bit rowdy now. Times, Sunday Times
You have Joan of Arc, who left a humble but honest and reputable livelihood under the eyes of her parents, to go a-colonelling, in the company of rowdy soldiers, against the enemies of France; surely a melancholy example for one’s daughters! Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
A man has been fined for rowdy behaviour in a cemetery, including pretending to be a ghost. Times, Sunday Times
The crowd of rowdy men grew around us, but we only had eyes for each other. The Sun
Since they began their direct action the arson attacks, break-ins and rowdy behaviour of recent weeks has all but stopped.
He had come upstairs an hour before, when it had become obvious that the taproom was the local gathering place for a large and somewhat rowdy clientele. Unlikely Duchess
A rowdy horde of northern yahoos came south for the game, some covered in Voyager-blue body paint, to cheer, chant and harass, intent on distracting the less-experienced Warriors from the match.
Please fill the Ricoh Arena with tens of thousands of rowdy new fans cheering new glories. Times, Sunday Times
Please consume alcohol in moderate quantities so that you become mildly sedated but not rowdy.
The action scarcely draws breath in 300-odd pages of rowdy doings and closet skulduggery.
The meeting broke up amid rowdy scenes.
Many of those detained had been aggressive and there had been reports of rowdy behaviour on trains heading to Cologne, he added. Times, Sunday Times
The Figwort is named in Somersetshire "crowdy-kit Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
Some people will surely take it as a rowdy party in the parental home. Times, Sunday Times
Remember when you were in school and the class got a bit rowdy? Times, Sunday Times
From what I have seen, however, I should be now led to think that there was at least as much vice, and of what we call rowdyism, in Richmond, as in any Northern town of its size. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy
People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.
He issued a grovelling apology for his rowdy behaviour on the plane.
With the party season approaching, publicans, hoteliers and restaurateurs are anxious to win back custom from locals and tourists by softening the area's rowdy image.
OK, so Louis isn't gay after all? so this incest thing is catching and no wonder the kehua have been so rowdy. Digested read: Kehua! by Fay Weldon
The whole topos of winebibbing and the flouting of sober outward convention, so dear to Persian Sufi poetry, can seem in earlier translators' work to be little more than a kind of rowdy undergraduate hijinks, and in more recent versions it can take on the ethos of Haight-Ashbury in the late sixties. Languagehat.com: THE POETRY OF THE INEFFABLE.
Six Buddhist monks have been arrested after villagers complained about rowdy parties at the local temple.
The good Gaelic soldier will eat, sweetly, crowdy made in his brogue -- how much better off were we with the stout and well-fired oaten cakes that this Highland gentleman made on the flagstone in front of our cave-fire! John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
Somewhat anomalous to all this rowdy, irreverent carrying-on was the almost daily presence of the esteemed "in-house" artist, Neil Boyle. Lorraine Devon Wilke: Neil Boyle, Molly Malone's and Pretty in Pink
It seemed as if people were competing with each other for an imaginary prize for being the most rowdy and ill mannered human being in that room.
Forget all about rowdy post-wedding dances where an eightsome is an excuse to throw women around, reels are danced energetically but correctly.
Only Mrs Norton, having deposited her grey satin magnificence upon the sofa, protested mutely against what she considered a tendency to 'rowdyism' in her hostess; flirted -- intellectually -- with any one who had the hardihood to sit near her; and on the stroke of ten rose with a suppressed yawn and a transparently insincere little speech about an enjoyable evening. The Great Amulet

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