as in boiling
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as in raging
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger
she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence
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Recent Examples of seething
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
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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seething
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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
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.Washington Post, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
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Then the truck flipped over, sending the workers into the raging water.Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Here is the list of fighters that gained immortality as a result of this raging inferno.Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
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Next is the liquid outer core, made of molten iron and nickel, which is about 1,300 miles thick and has temperatures between 8,000 and 10,000 degrees.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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For example, the magma nearest the surface of the Yellowstone Caldera contains a lot of silica, which lends the molten rocks a sticky, viscous, and slow-moving quality.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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Davis’ white-hot gala will take place on Feb. 1, the same day of the Special Merit Awards, which will pay tribute to Prince, Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Roxanne Shante and Frankie Valli.Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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In 2018, astronomers observed that the black hole’s corona – a cloud of whirling, white-hot plasma – suddenly disappeared before reassembling months later.Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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His effort, willingness as a blocker and blazing speed inserted him into the rotation.Ben Standig, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Bring you hiking boots and plenty of water and remember, the park is best visited in spring, fall or winter – and not in the blazing heat of summer.Pam LeBlanc, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
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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
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That same year, the Legislature appropriated $180 million that the Air Resources Board could use to fund alternatives to burning.Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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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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Bill and his 22-year-old son, Scott, were 30 minutes into a five-hour drive from rural Connecticut to South Jersey and already parked on I-84 West in a traffic jam on a sweltering August 1978 weekend.Bill Keenan, airmail.news, 17 Feb. 2024
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“Seething.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seething. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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