rocketing
Example Sentences
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Finally, they sent it down to the Linotype—the old racketing, reeking contraption for setting type from molten lead.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2019
Resale web sites are racketing growth at 35% a year.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2017
After the first racketing assault on his hearing, the cop at the Clarkstown, N.Y. police station held the telephone several inches from his ear.
From Time Magazine Archive
When they reach the footlights, the mood is suddenly jolted by a more familiar noise: the harsh twang of amplified guitars and the racketing thump of a rock beat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Overhead the great racketing fans of the helicopters hovered.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
