| Despite the outward rumbustiousness of several of his large-scale works, there was a profoundly reflective side to Bliss, partly deepened by the war, partly inbuilt. |
| It is little known that the nine Georgian Bishops of Durham displayed to varying degrees all the debauchery and rumbustiousness of their non-religious contemporaries. |
| Even without the tranquilliser dart of a Sunday morning kick-off, there would still have been no inflamed rumbustiousness from the locals, who knew better than to expect a win against a good Second Division team. |
| The pale, bloodless guardians of the English novel, so the argument went, simply couldn't cope with his comedy, his rumbustiousness, his Jewishness, his pungent, balls-out assaults on good taste. |
| They are blessed with a vivacity and rumbustiousness that eclipses the lives of those around them. |
| The year before, reunited with Lean for the period comedy Hobson's Choice, he had provided a characterisation which had a representative blend of rumbustiousness and delicacy of detail. |
