seething
Example Sentences
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Uche Okeke memorializes the Aba Women’s War of 1929, one of the first major anticolonial uprisings in Nigeria, with a throng of seething figures, their strength and determination reflected in vigorous brushstrokes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The stakes were higher and layered with the existential absurdity of abrupt shifts, which he carried with an elegant, slightly seething temperament that has found its expression in the work.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
There was even talk of opening a North Atlantic Treaty Organization office in Asia—a prospect that had Beijing seething.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
The millions of Iranians who want the fall of the regime must be seething with resentment and anger.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
Another cluttered, seething breath sounded over the endless rain splatter.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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