Adjective : raucous voices; raucous laughter. ,a raucous party. From Dictionary.com.
Stroll the campus near midnight and gauge the raucousness. From Wordnik.com. [Scouting A Dry Campus] Reference
Philadelphia fans lived up to their reputation for raucousness. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Philly fans cheer on despite L.A. dominance] Reference
Maryland: Democracy needs the leavening raucousness of an H.L. Mencken. From Wordnik.com. [A Two-Bit, And Fine, Idea] Reference
How can you feel blah with all the bright, garish, tacky, raucousness that is Mardi Gras?. From Wordnik.com. [Mardi Gras 2007] Reference
Furies, in their raucousness, subvert the dynamics of normal choric oration through taunting Prometheus with. From Wordnik.com. ['An assiduous frequenter of the Italian opera': Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound and the opera buffa] Reference
After the danger and raucousness of São Paulo there has been a serenity about Abu Dhabi that prompts reflection. From Wordnik.com. [Sebastian Vettel title caps a Formula One season to remember] Reference
Binge drinking is a two pronged problem: drinking to excess and the frenzied raucousness that retailers encourage. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
When Will is on television, his performances are the antithesis of the raucousness that Fallows decries in McLaughlin. From Wordnik.com. [Washington's New Celebrities: An Exchange] Reference
But with his map clerks and his subordinates generally he gave free play to his natural raucousness, and he probably acted upon excellent judgment. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
In No. 1, for example, the horns are intrusive among the more “refined” instruments of their day – to the point of raucousness, especially in the first movement. From Wordnik.com. [On CD: Gardiner leads the Brandenburgs] Reference
From hipster peasants to the refined raucousness of the. From Wordnik.com. [LA Weekly | Complete Issue] Reference
On a semi-frequent basis, the contestant complies, and raucousness ensues. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants] Reference
League football match and I end up faintly appalled by the willed raucousness, that dreadful. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
An apparent repetition of which statement he immediately made with equal raucousness in two or three languages. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man] Reference
Except you can't quite escape a sense of the menace of the city, its raucousness carried within the rustle of the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"The American government took tough measures, and we are doing the same, so where is the problem and why this raucousness?". From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Global Home] Reference
O'Bannon relates the raucousness of American and Canadian fans who are overjoyed at the chance to let loose and laugh it up. From Wordnik.com. [BellaOnline - The Voice of Women] Reference
There is a combination of raucousness and gentleness in the songs that is mastered quite well by the two core members of the group. From Wordnik.com. [Three Imaginary Girls: Seattle's sparkly indie-pop press] Reference
The sisters mistook the raucousness for approval, and considered themselves a huge success so were horrified by a nasty review in the. From Wordnik.com. [gimcrack hospital (PG)] Reference
His nostrils, as it seemed to Swithin, had distended in an unpleasant fashion; and a wholly unnecessary raucousness invaded his voice. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Rubein, and other stories] Reference
The band aims for the mystically transcendent one minute and party-hearty, sax-fueled retro-rock raucousness the next, keeping everyone off guard. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Top Stories] Reference
Brooklyn's the National, a band not necessarily known for raucousness, worked up a frenzy, performing an expansive set that included horns and strings. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
I get the impression that this is how Mortimer operates generally in life: openly, and so down to earth that her well-bred manner bleeds into raucousness. From Wordnik.com. [Film | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"The Poet and Peasant Overture" visualizes two characters of a comic opera while "Capriol Suite" is based on medieval dance, characterized by its "raucousness and fun.". From Wordnik.com. [Bethel College News] Reference
The jumble of voices and the parti-colored parade of styles and uncontainable raucousness of the people shouting in from the bleachers seem like America at its liveliest. From Wordnik.com. [BlatherWatch] Reference
The raucousness of the crowds at the NBA and NFL Drafts in New York are somewhat legend, and last night, from many accounts, nobody was hit harder than ESPN's resident screamer. From Wordnik.com. [Deadspin] Reference
Warning though if it's total quiet you want you won't get it here-remember it's the waterfront and this seems to be a real party town-so there is raucousness going on until about. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Louis Armstrong brought New Orleans raucousness to New York in 1924 and ends around Benny. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
HILL: Because there wasn't raucousness there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2009] Reference
The next in raucousness, in both the last. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-12] Reference
The Fleshtones bring back raucousness. From Wordnik.com. [Creative Loafing Atlanta Feed] Reference
Brief raucousness resounded. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Also Fire]
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