carrying-on
noun
irresponsible, irritating, self-indulgent, or overwrought behavior.
carryings-on
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pluralof carrying-on.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Most of the lame comedic scenes in the opera involve Strauss’s attempts to depict the baron’s absurd carryings-on.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2019
Friends report no apparent danger that either is about to indulge in celebrity carryings-on.
From Time Magazine Archive
All in all, his carryings-on kept him in solitary for 42 of his 54 years in prison, a record for U.S. penitentiaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
So catholic a taste in carryings-on suggests the author's father, Evelyn Waugh.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once she was complaining about the carryings-on at the jook and Tea Cake snapped, “Aw, don’t make God look so foolish—findin’ fault wid everything He made.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
