Examples of horseplay in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Nearly 2,500 students received referrals for horseplay, and there were more than 1,400 referrals for profanity or vulgarity toward students or staff. Rebecca Grapevine, The Courier-Journal, 1 Mar. 2024 Simply the presence of Steve Van Zandt, Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg and Roy Bittan—E Streeters for nearly all of the ensemble’s 50-plus years—is a bedrock tradition, and source of horseplay and looseness that can only come from such lifelong love among friends. Steve Hochman, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2024 The news release didn’t detail the violations but instead offered a wide range of conduct covered by the provisions — including demeaning language, unwelcome touching and potentially injurious horseplay. Dan Morse, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024 See what celebrities wore to New York Fashion Week, including Beyoncé’s surprise appearance in Brooklyn Out on the menswear runways in Paris in January, the horseplay didn’t stop. Leah Dolan, CNN, 16 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for horseplay 

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“Horseplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/horseplay. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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