- present participle of riot.
rioting
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to scoff at French rioting as its national past time, but what’s unfolding now is different.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
It has so far arrested 39 people in connection with the rioting.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
"Our officers have a role to facilitate and accommodate peaceful protest," he said, while cautioning against a repeat of widespread anti-immigrant rioting last June.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
They would be elderly people rioting, but they would still riot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Now, I have been around: the racial rioting in South Africa, hosting embassy parties in Brazzaville, shopping in Paris and Brussels, the game animals in Kenya, I have seen it all.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
