How to Use raving in a Sentence

raving

noun
  • The ravings of Fox News hosts can send U.S. troops to the border.
    Lizzie Widdicombe, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2020
  • There have been many top shooters who came to Fairfax High and left raving.
    Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Adele isn't the only one raving about Doyle's latest book.
    Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2020
  • His vile ravings impacted the world and more should have been known a lot quicker about them.
    The Hive, 14 June 2017
  • These sound like the ravings of an egomaniac who sees the world closing in on him.
    John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Because that may be his first thought of the moment or his first ramble or his first raving.
    NBC News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • That’s longer than a lot of modern festival kids have been alive, let alone raving.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 8 July 2022
  • For every one of the customers who hate it, there’s another raving about it.
    Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Bickerstaff wasn’t the only one raving about that chat.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2020
  • But the early 2000s was a time when everybody in every town wanted to go raving on the weekends.
    Katie Bain, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2021
  • But for the most part, the women seem pretty entertained by all the blondes roaming around, ranting and raving in this small salon space.
    Jodi Walker, EW.com, 31 July 2020
  • Thus the author grew up in a Normal Rockwell painting, but with Father Coughlin just out of frame, raving.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • But there are also creative ramen hacks such as lasagna and carbonara that have the internet raving.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Holtz has always been a wild card, so some raving from him isn’t exactly surprising.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Spanx's AirEssentials had our Textiles Lab raving about the athleisure line's airy, lightweight fabric.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Compact in size, this pressure washer still had enough power and performance to get our tester raving.
    Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2022
  • And sadly for Republicans, his statements seem to be less the ravings of a cranky old man complaining about deli portion sizes and more portents of midterms to come.
    Bess Levin, The Hive, 18 Dec. 2017
  • More than 900 Amazon shoppers have given the hair growth oil a five-star rating, with many raving about the serum's lightweight texture and super fast results.
    Eden Lichterman, Health.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Play: Virtual poker games and remote raving are among the ways that people across the U.S. are socializing in the time of coronavirus.
    Mike Ives, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020
  • In a nod to the party’s patriotic underpinnings, the raving paused at one point for a blast of Ukraine’s national anthem.
    Matt Bradley, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The implication was that the real culprits of the era were not the policymakers in the White House but the critics baying their irrational ravings.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2019
  • In a pair of lawsuits … the parents of two children who died in the [2012 shooting] say Jones’ repeated lies and conspiratorial ravings have led to death threats.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2018
  • While nothing beats a real life DJ set at a concert or music festival, Steve Aoki has learned the art of digital raving.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2021
  • There Mitchell lived with his erratic wife, Martha, whose ravings would draw attention as Mitchell became mired in the Watergate scandal.
    Ray Locker, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2018
  • Listen to his irrational raving, the vice president urged.
    Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 24 Jan. 2019
  • As for the integrity of the proceedings, are we really supposed to worry that Trump’s ravings are poisoning the jury pool . . .
    The Editors, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The play’s unknown author centers a subplot on a raving bigot named Swetnam, who is fond of traducing women.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2021
  • After years of bummer vibes and trap beats ruling pop, 2022 is shaping up to be the year in which stadium-tier musicians get really into raving.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 July 2022
  • Life is too short to subject yourself to the ravings of every misguided relative, drunk friend, or semi-acquaintance.
    WIRED, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Pathetic spoiled brat behaviour by Novak Djokovic at the Olympics today - smashing racquets, ranting & raving, & pulling out of the doubles thus costing his partner a medal.
    Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 July 2021

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