Example Sentences

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The ripsnorting finale is one for the ages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2022

Then I reason with Mama Bear that this is a time, not for ripsnorting confrontation, but for education.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2021

“He was known as ‘The Taz,’ short for the ripsnorting, whirlwind cartoon character, the Tasmanian devil,” former Virginia Supreme Court justice John Charles Thomas said in an essay.

From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2018

But becoming a memoirist is a useful change of pace for a 60-year-old musician, especially when the memoir is as ripsnorting as this one.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 4, 2011

One called it “the dingbustingest contest you ever clapped an eye on ... a ripsnorting race.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand