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Riot is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like revel or gag. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Riot in a sentence

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Riot | Riots | Rioting | Rioters | Riotous | Rioted | Riott | Rioter | Riotously

Riot meaning

  1. A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
  2. A wide and unconstrained variety.
  3. A humorous or entertaining event or person.

Synonyms of Riot

revel gag joke wow scream thigh-slapper howler sidesplitter belly laugh disorder rioting force violence public violence laugh

Related words

Other words often associated with Riot or its synonyms:

jest jape humor witticism wit humour wittiness laughter upset unhinge displace thrust

Using Riot

  • The main meaning on this page is: A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property. | A wide and unconstrained variety. | A humorous or entertaining event or person.
  • Useful related words include: revel, gag, joke, wow.
  • In the example corpus, riot often appears in combinations such as: the riot, riot police, capitol riot.

Context around Riot

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

teenage 2× although 1× platforms 1× race 1× deadly 1× project 1× pussy 1× current 1× media 1× capitol 1×

Often after:

police 4× shield 2× platforms 1× stock 1× shields 1× commission 1× employees 1× sampled 1× act 1× broke 1×

Sentence patterns with Riot

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a murderous riot or not 1× a riot in the 1× although riot s esports 1× atari teenage riot from their 1× atari teenage riot sampled smells 1× brewing in riot platforms riot 1× fight the riot police 1× forces to riot 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a federal judge 1× a full police 1× a riot in 1× according to ccc 1× although riot s 1× germany s atari 1×

Common sentence endings:

65s grabbed miller 1× a night watchman 1× a police officer 1× after the halving 1× afternoon july 21 1× burn berlin burn 1×

Words around Riot

Just before it in the word index:

rios 111 riordan 94 riopelle 5 riopel 2 rionge 2 rionegro 2

Just after it in the word index:

riotact 2 rioted 31 rioter 6 rioters 236 rioting 259 riotous 53

Similar in corpus frequency:

aforementioned 1.141 devastated 1.141 interstate 1.141 passport 1.141 sharply 1.141 shirts 1.141

Corpus analysis for Riot

  • In this selection, "riot" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, teenage, although, platforms, police, shield and platforms stand out and add context to how "riot" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a murderous riot or not, a riot in the and capitol riot. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "riot" sits close to words such as aforementioned, devastated and interstate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with riot

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Is a Short Squeeze Brewing in Riot Platforms (RIOT) Stock After the Halving? (13 words)

According to CCC politicians and local media, riot police were summoned to the chamber. (14 words)

Riot police early Sunday pushed them out of the railway stations with their riot shields. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

A riot in the prison of Mons took place in April 2006 after prisoner complaints concerning living conditions and treatment; no deaths were reported as a result of the riot, but the event focused attention on prisons throughout Belgium. (39 words)

A federal judge in Washington is threatening to report two attorneys for possible disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a man waiting in jail on charges that he assaulted police officers during the Capitol riot. (36 words)

Riot had trademarks for different types of products that were filed in October 2018, and included in those was the name of what people believed to be the next project Riot was working on. (34 words)

Question examples

Is a Short Squeeze Brewing in Riot Platforms (RIOT) Stock After the Halving? (13 words)

Exclamation examples

Germany's Atari Teenage Riot sampled "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the song "Atari Teenage Riot" from their 1997 album, Burn, Berlin, Burn! (23 words)

Example sentences (20)

Although Riot’s esports aren’t profitable yet, he said Riot will continue to invest in that space.

In court, he told jurors that he found the riot shield on the ground, even though footage from January 6 showed him struggling to get the riot shield away from a police officer.

Is a Short Squeeze Brewing in Riot Platforms (RIOT) Stock After the Halving?

Riot police early Sunday pushed them out of the railway stations with their riot shields.

While the prosecution assessed he was the instigator of the riot, right-wing apologists paint him as the poster child of mistreatment endured by defendants implicated in the riot.

In 2001, the Race Riot Commission was organized to review the details of the deadly riot.

Riot had trademarks for different types of products that were filed in October 2018, and included in those was the name of what people believed to be the next project Riot was working on.

Little known fact: Implements of Riot was the original name of Pussy Riot before they did some market research.

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Several current Riot employees interviewed by are furious about Riot’s response to its COO’s conduct.

The police have come under fire for the manner they handled the riot while suspicions abound on whether the students may have been instigated by either lecturers or outside forces to riot.

A riot in the prison of Mons took place in April 2006 after prisoner complaints concerning living conditions and treatment; no deaths were reported as a result of the riot, but the event focused attention on prisons throughout Belgium.

Germany's Atari Teenage Riot sampled "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the song "Atari Teenage Riot" from their 1997 album, Burn, Berlin, Burn!

Many prominent Tulsa whites also participated in the riot, including Tulsa founder and KKK member W. Tate Brady who participated in the riot as a night watchman.

Riot police end the gig after about 15 minutes, upon which spectators start to fight the riot police.

According to CCC politicians and local media, riot police were summoned to the chamber.

A federal judge in Washington is threatening to report two attorneys for possible disciplinary action for delaying the trial of a man waiting in jail on charges that he assaulted police officers during the Capitol riot.

A full police investigation is underway after hundreds of school kids ran riot in Manchester City Centre on Friday afternoon (July 21).

And right under the public hearing, he just turned the paper and read the riot act.

And so a riot broke out between the two gangs after the 65s grabbed Miller.

And then there's the variants of the Trolley Problem like the judge problem, where a judge has to choose between sentencing an innocent person to prevent a murderous riot or not.

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Common combinations with riot

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "riot" in a sentence?
An example: "Although Riot’s esports aren’t profitable yet, he said Riot will continue to invest in that space." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "riot" from authentic English texts.
What does "riot" mean?
Riot means: A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.
What are synonyms of "riot"?
Common synonyms of "riot" include: revel, gag, joke, wow, scream, thigh-slapper, howler, sidesplitter. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "riot" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "riot", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.