roughhoused

past tense of roughhouse

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for roughhoused
Verb
  • Receiver Jalen McMillan had an apparent touchdown pass wrestled away from him in the end zone by defensive back Jourdan Lewis, resulting in an interception.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Brutalist, a number of works released this year wrestled with the crushing inhumanity of immigrating to America.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Customers who attended the events were among the first to pick up the new Model Y. Prior-generation Model Y inventory gets big price cuts up to $6,900 Some of the prior-generation Model Y on the inventory page are discounted between $3,000 and $7,000.
    Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Speaking as someone who is just as likely to slice up his fingers as cut a cucumber into thin, appetizing slices, a vegetable chopper can remove the work (and pain) that goes into cutting up vegetables, fruits and other foods.
    Ho Lin, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Their shelters have cared for more than 22,000 sick, injured and abused pets in 2024, the most in a decade.
    Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • President Joe Biden, or whoever is running the White House, grotesquely abused the pardon power, yet again.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • However, the increases began much earlier this year, given the back-to-back atmospheric rivers that pummeled Northern California with heavy snow and rain.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Jim Miller submitted Jackson in the first round in a bounce-back performance after he was pummeled by Bobby Green at UFC 300 in April.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Because even with the defense being battered Monday, Detroit’s forward group is intact.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And Hezbollah is battered after fighting Israel in Lebanon.
    Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Higher education continues to be buffeted by changes in the way American families view college educations.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This cable remarked how quickly Carter, as president, had become buffeted by problems that, ironically, emerged from those very forces that brought him into office.
    Russell L. Riley / Made by History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.
    Law Murray, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.
    Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For me, nothing hurts worse than missing a dose at the start of a rainy period.
    Elizabeth Medeiros, Health, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Taking funds away from public schools would hurt many families in this country.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Roughhoused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughhoused. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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