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seething

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verb

present participle of seethe
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as in swirling
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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Recent Examples of seething
Adjective
While there was a seething fury, reckless abandon, and dark humor present in their work, there was also sincerity, earnestness, and focused artistic ambition. Daniel Dylan Wray, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2023 The violins indeed soared toward the sun, then veered into seething brass. August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
Verb
The usually calm German was clearly seething in a short interview with DAZN Espana following the full-time whistle on Saturday night. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 The work begins with soft, airy slipping, the sense of something quietly seething and forming. Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for seething 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seething
Adjective
  • One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Scientific American, 3 Mar. 2020
  • If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
Verb
  • Then the truck flipped over, sending the workers into the raging water.
    Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Here is the list of fighters that gained immortality as a result of this raging inferno.
    Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • These large pockets of molten material rise through the Earth from deep inside its interior, much like the movement in a lava lamp.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Their research suggested that a Mars-size object crashed into the early Earth, jettisoning molten material into space.
    Francis Nimmo, JSTOR Daily, 9 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, its vivid, expressive prose also explores how aesthetic beauty can cover stomach-churning abuse, while Lin’s rich literary allusions reveal her sensitivity to language and her critical interest in developing a Taiwanese cultural heritage.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Bateman is in the midst of churning a career-high output of 654 total yards and seven touchdowns in 14 games so far.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • What is probably not soon returning, regardless, is the white-hot activism of the last decade.
    Ross Barkan, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
  • But Kendrick did not have to straddle a white-hot rivalry like Velazquez.
    Matt Baker, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This photo of a blazing Pacific Palisades hillside?
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Upgrade your tech and save big with 38% off the Samsung SSD 870 EVO, bringing blazing speeds and unbeatable durability for gaming or creative work.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The company built a retail and residential complex around the county’s Coconut Grove Metrorail station, and Martin also is pitching an incinerator site in western Miami-Dade as an alternative to the Levine Cava plan to rebuild the trash-burning facility in Doral.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Nearby sits a small wood-burning stove, which should be sufficient to heat the home.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • During a sweltering week in March 1906, American soldiers ascended Bud Dajo, a 2,000-foot volcano on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • On a plane, the morning after the night before, on a sweltering hot summer’s day, or shortly after consuming a salty feast… all scenarios commonly associated with the dreaded puffy face.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025

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