How to Use ruckus in a Sentence

ruckus

noun
  • Pads and pens will be available on site, but bring the ruckus.
    — Agatha French, latimes.com, 5 July 2019
  • Yee moved toward the ruckus to save the small dog, but slipped.
    — Marc Lester, Alaska Dispatch News, 25 Aug. 2017
  • But the house of mostly men next door draws a front-page ruckus.
    — Longreads, 23 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • These are not people who want to create a ruckus at the co-op.
    — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 12 June 2018
  • In the meantime, there is a ruckus in the genteel world of golf.
    — New York Times, 11 May 2022
  • Make a ruckus in the water and let every bass know where the food is.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Of course, any proposal to raise the sales tax would raise a huge ruckus.
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 20 Mar. 2018
  • 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 driver, 35, said her shirt was torn and her arm scratched in the ruckus.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 14 May 2022
  • Other countries caused a ruckus.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe this interview will start a ruckus, and there will be a search party for it.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Bennet saw a small buck and few does early on but then heard a ruckus out ahead of him in a bean field.
    — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Boston, not one to heap praise on herself, smiled and gently shook her head at the ruckus.
    — oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2022
  • LaBelle gives in to the walking ruckus that is Lance.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
  • That reactive ruckus is what causes the hole in the ozone layer.
    — J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2023
  • The video then cuts to the lemur running and jumping around their kitchen, causing a ruckus in their house.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 24 June 2025
  • How else could the hepatitis B trial have caused such a ruckus?
    — Uzma Rentia, STAT, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But the main source of confusion came when some mistook the ruckus for a shooting.
    — Robert McCoppin, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • When groups of them start, well, howling, the ruckus is audible from 3 miles away.
    — Jessica Boddy, Popular Science, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Others revolted against mask-wearing and caused a ruckus in the air.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
  • Lou began raking the trees behind me, causing quite a ruckus.
    — Derek Horner, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly all of those kids causing a ruckus on our first floor this past winter were students at my school.
    — Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • Last year, despite all the ruckus, the number dipped to a record low of 10 percent.
    — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
  • And although Kendrick Lamar was not present, the hometown hero’s name caused some ruckus.
    — Shaheem Reid, Variety, 7 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The bear continued making a ruckus in the kitchen before sniffing its way to the boys.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The homeowner heard the ruckus and confronted the man in the foyer.
    — Jane Morice, cleveland.com, 16 May 2017
  • Fifteen years later, Gaga is still making gay videos and still causing a ruckus.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025

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