Raging is an English word with synonyms like hot or violent. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Raging meaning
present participle and gerund of rage
Using Raging
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of rage
- Useful related words include: hot, violent, intense, angry.
- In the example corpus, raging often appears in combinations such as: the raging, raging in, is raging.
Context around Raging
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Raging
- In this selection, "raging" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, battles, bridge, war, texans, god and waters stand out and add context to how "raging" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a wildfire raging west of and amid the raging debate across. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "raging" sits close to words such as dell, disciplines and friendships, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with raging
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Aaron was winched down into the raging waters. (8 words)
Another example of this raging narcissism in the trans-slender movement is the debate surrounding airplane seating. (17 words)
A little over a hundred years ago, Butte was a boomtown, ruled by copper and raging with prosperity. (18 words)
Amid the raging debate across the country over the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said they would comment on the matter only once the draft is submitted. (36 words)
Considering that Degas was a raging anti-Semite (seriously, Google "Degas and Dreyfus") I have no problem with a group trying to save their own lives and the planet pouring food on one of Degas' works. (36 words)
Discussions about aim assist and the advantages of using a controller over mouse and keyboard and vice versa have been raging in the subreddit for as well as in the game's Discord server. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, a poetic description of the sea as "raging" was eventually taken literally, and the sea was then thought of as a raging god.
They had begun playing local clubs as the Raging Texans, then Jet Storm and the Raging Texans before settling on Rory Storm and the Hurricanes soon before recruiting Starkey.
Aaron was winched down into the raging waters.
A burning bridge, raging flames and huge plumes of smoke can be seen in this video taken from the air over Barrington Lake, Shelburne County on Thursday.
Aerial footage showed the victim holding on for dear life next to a concrete wall as crews tried to rescue him from the raging river.
A little over a hundred years ago, Butte was a boomtown, ruled by copper and raging with prosperity.
Allies also kicked off discussions on whether defence expenditures of two per cent of Gross Domestic Product are sufficient with a full-fledged war raging in neighboring Ukraine.
Amid the raging debate across the country over the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said they would comment on the matter only once the draft is submitted.
And right now, librarians are taking on an old roleThey are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battles raging across the U.S. over censorship, book challenges and book bans.
Another example of this raging narcissism in the trans-slender movement is the debate surrounding airplane seating.
A wildfire raging west of Chibougamau, in Northern Quebec, is shown in a June 4, 2023, handout photo.
BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left raging over Nigel Harman's scoring at the hands of the judges.
BBC viewers are raging Angela Rippon continues to get perceived "easy" dances on the ongoing Strictly Come Dancing series.
Bringing the raging fury of nature's wrath is the Merciless Ruby Ruiner Gruul, a Red/Green deck in this that takes advantage of Double Strike, Haste, and Trample effects.
But then again we're in the Raging 20's and all the old rules have apparently gone out the window.
But Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said in a statement on Tuesday evening that fighting for the town was still raging.
By reopening a northern front, would stretch Kyiv's forces, which have been focused for months on battles raging in the east and south.
Considering that Degas was a raging anti-Semite (seriously, Google "Degas and Dreyfus") I have no problem with a group trying to save their own lives and the planet pouring food on one of Degas' works.
Deceptively calm until a raging storm, this episode surprises both video game players and casual watchers with the intensity of its ending, capturing the bonds of family and the tragedy of impossible choices.
Discussions about aim assist and the advantages of using a controller over mouse and keyboard and vice versa have been raging in the subreddit for as well as in the game's Discord server.
Common combinations with raging
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the raging 30×
- raging in 20×
- is raging 17×
- still raging 13×
- was raging 9×
- war raging 8×
- raging bull 8×
- raging fire 8×
- raging across 7×
- raging and 7×