seethe
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As Mira and Edgar tentatively approach discussion of the breach in the family, it’s primarily Beckett who begins to seethe with anger at what happened—and what didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
U.S. consumers over the border will seethe with envy.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
People are right to seethe over the stranglehold film and TV franchises have on the industry.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025
Fans were overjoyed to seethe five Spice Girls back together for the first time in years, with many commenting on Beckham's post.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2024
The trees seethe and the house smolders, and standing in the gravel of the driveway, the daylight nearly finished, the locksmith has an unsettling thought: Someone might be coming for us.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
His father Carlos seethes at their current ordeal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
“That’s a handsome man right there!” exclaims the mother of the junior competitor, who seethes as the audience laughs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Chernin, more reserved in his manner, seethes with futile terror.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
One, 3800-meter-high Mount Erebus, seethes menacingly just 40 kilometers from McMurdo Station, Antarctica’s biggest research base.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
That black sludge seethes with intentions I’d rather not know about.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Some Google employees who had spent years working on the technology seethed at being lapped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Back on the main stage, they redlined through “March of the Pigs” and seethed with fuzzbox rot on “Reptile.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
"It's a Manchester derby," seethed former United captain Gary Neville on Sky Sports after the dull goalless draw at Old Trafford.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2025
Esther Rolle, who died in 1998, seethed at the show’s increased emphasis on J.J. as "Good Times" found more mainstream success.
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2023
The eyes seethed at Nathan, who stumbled backward.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
The guitarist didn’t skip a beat: “That suits me, I’m a miserable sod most of the time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
For this enormous game, new grass was specially sourced from a nearby sod farm.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Mr Williams said: "I'm just a stubborn old sod and I'm not going to give in. I would appreciate it if anybody said to me 'you were right and we were wrong'."
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2025
Further down the street, another tree had been uprooted so forcefully that it also pulled up a big corner of sod from a lawn.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2024
She gestured at the churned up earth and sod.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Scotland's campaign got off to a disappointing start in losing to Italy in sodden conditions in Rome.
From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026
"One time there was a carpet leading up to the altar that became absolutely sodden with urine and droppings and had to be thrown away. They also destroyed the brass work."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
Sometimes you have to break away from heavy, sodden reality and go straight into joyful idiocy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
More than 140 flood warnings remain in place across England, Wales and Scotland as the after-effects of Storm Bert are still being felt, with more rain expected to fall today on sodden ground.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2024
The clink of stones came to us sodden with the rain, indistinct, unmistakable.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
Just below the surface, however, the soccer world was seething with discontent.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
Meanwhile, Salieri’s invisible seething paralyzes him, turning into the punishment he believes God inflicted on him.
From Salon ● May 16, 2026
"I would've been quite happy to get in my car and drive home, I was absolutely seething," said Carter afterwards.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
It’s a truly stunning expression of his rage and betrayal — a seething accusation — told entirely through bodies and gesture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Viper greeted Gran at the front door with a high-pitched howl, and me with a seething hiss.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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