He denies he was the peculiar lodger who wrote "rigmaroles" about immoral women: ❋ Cornwell, Patricia (1930)
Above all, he was boring, to the point of stupefaction for those courtiers who had to sit through his all-night rigmaroles and chuckle at his sadistic whimsies in the bleary dawn. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Historians have backed religion, nationalism, class consciousness, and all the sociological rigmaroles from aggressiveness to curiosity. ❋ Taylor, A.J.P. (1969)
He would pace the floor for hours, sometimes all night; and then one might have heard some very peculiar rigmaroles declaimed aloud, or even shouted out -- phrases so jumbled that they were hardly rational, cries interrupted by groans or smothered by the grinding of his teeth. ❋ Stephen French Whitman (N/A)
A stuffed alligator sat up, on its hind legs, beside her -- a porcelain bell hung on a red ribbon about its neck -- to grin with a cheerful uncanniness on the rigmaroles of magic. ❋ Various (N/A)
Children of this sort would fain know what is meant by the doctrines concerning the many 'true Gods' they hear such precious rigmaroles about in Church and Conventicle, as well as the many orthodox opinions of that God, whose name is there so often ❋ Charles Southwell (N/A)
The laugh which echoes one of Seumas McManus's rigmaroles is not the chuckle which follows one of Joel Chandler Harris's anecdotes; the gentle sadness of an Andersen allegory is not the heart-searching tragedy of a tale from the Greek; nor is any one story of an author just like any other of the same making. ❋ Sara Cone Bryant (N/A)
The lodger "had the habit of talking about the women of the street, and wrote 'long rigmaroles '" about them in handwriting resembling "that of letters sent to the police purporting to come from Jack the Ripper," according to the news story. ❋ Cornwell, Patricia (1930)
How could anyone be expected to listen to prompted rigmaroles about "bread and butter before cake" and "don't forget to say thank you for asking me" with the prospect of this brave adventure drawing so near? ❋ 1886-1967 Bartimeus (1926)
The laugh which echoes one of Seumas McManus's rigmaroles is not the chuckle which follows one of Joel Chandler Harris's anecdotes; the gentle sadness of an Andersen allegory is not the heart searching tragedy of a tale from the Greek; nor is any one story of an author just like any other of the same making. ❋ Unknown (1915)
Religion, to them, is four or five rigmaroles, which are printed in our Abecedario, the Creed, the Ave Maria, the various Sacraments, etc., which they know by heart. ❋ Brandes, George, 1842-1927 (1906)
He was proud of his well-turned phrases, but, though pompous, he was not persistent, and when his secretary had once heard these rigmaroles, and their author had seen them in type -- I mean typewriting -- Sir James felt for the moment satisfied, and said he had "done a good morning's work." ❋ Ada Leverson (1897)
One must sit with one's ears plugged, if one does not want the drums of them cracked; such long vociferous rigmaroles about ❋ Of Samosata Lucian (1895)
He could tell us a good story now if he would only write what the Almighty intended him to write, instead of gloomy rigmaroles about suffering Princesses in Welsh caves. ❋ Unknown (1893)
"I've read a few rigmaroles that might have come from this very town." ❋ Unknown (1887)
The kindly, cobwebby old person who piloted me among those wonderful kings 'graves in Cracow was personally not uninteresting, indeed a fine study, and his rigmaroles brought up infallibly upon three words which I could not fail to notice: these were "silberner Sarg vergoldet" (silver coffin, gilded). ❋ Various (1885)
Religion, to them, is four or five rigmaroles, which are printed in our _Abecedario_, the Creed, the Ave Maria, the various Sacraments, etc., which they know by heart. ❋ Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (1884)
Here we have those delightful rigmaroles "ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE" and ❋ Walter Crane (1880)
And thar she went a-giratin ''bout de preacher a-comin' out in a white shirt, and den a-runnin 'back and gittin' on a black one, and de people a-jumpin 'up and a-jawin' ob de preacher outen a book, and a-bowin 'ob deir heads, and a-saying long rigmaroles o' stuff, tell my head fairly buzzed, and were dat mad at de gal I jes 'couldn't see nuffin' in dat room. ❋ Kate Sanborn (1878)
Six months back a man comes over from Surreywards, a farm he calls Dipwell, and asks after you, Harry; rigmaroles about a handsome lass gone off ... some scoundrel! ❋ George Meredith (1868)
1. "You wouldnt believe the [rigmarole] I had to go through just to have my credit cards [cancelled]!"
2. "Oh, [not this] rigmarole again!" ❋ Nigel Tufnel (2005)
Look at that baby rigmarolling all over the place!
Incredible! That was a [rigmarole] of a game!
He looks like a rigmarole.
Don't [put that] rigmarole on my [salad]! ❋ Glitter Biscuit (2017)
Person 1: [Teachers] are so full of [rigmarole]!
Person 2: [Yass]! ❋ PandaGirl Xox (2016)
[i saw] them under the [staircase] rigmarolling, i love to rigmarole [more than] sex, ❋ Tosin Akanni-Shelle (2007)
Steve: Hey, did you see that [French man]?
Paco: Man did I ever! Biggest [rigmarole] this side of Paris.
Bob: [Chiyah]! ❋ Stallin Freely (2018)
joe: "I can't believe how long it took to [fill out] that form. It was such a [rigmarole]."
bob: "I know, right? And then we had to go through the whole process again because we missed one tiny detail. It was ridiculous."
joe: "And the instructions were so confusing, it was like they wanted us to make a mistake."
bob: "Yeah, it was a real rigmarole. I'm just glad [it's over] now." ❋ Ninjea (2023)
[Lee] wanted to get some tablets, but couldn’t face the [rigmarole] of [going to the doctors] ❋ The_blindman (2023)
