1
as in to swirl
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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2
as in to rage
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 seethe When an embarrassing mishap interrupts a presentation to his boss, Jeff (Lou Diamond Phillips), and assembled colleagues, a seething Ron goes looking for someone to blame. Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Oct. 2025 Sounders defender Yeimar Andrade, 33, approached and separated Suarez and Vargas, who was laughing and celebrating the victory with his teammate Cody Baker, 21, as a seething Suarez looked on. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025 To Bondi and her allies, the outdated portraits offered proof that the department was riddled with suspect personnel seething at the election results. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 The only thing that is missing is evidence of seething libs. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seethe
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Verb
  • Intrigue continues to swirl about where a future ballpark, and associated new development, could go after Jackson County voters rejected a sales tax in 2024 that would have helped fund a site in the Crossroads.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But for months, rumors that he was accused of espionage have been swirling inside Cuba.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • Cost of living is raging, high-paying job opportunities are scarce, and layoffs are on the rise.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • There was such conflict raging within me.
    Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • Immediately following the injury news being confirmed about Kraft's injury ending his season, the rumor mill started churning.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The novel’s power lies in its relentless banality—the mind churning while life’s machinery grinds on.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • Ferrara’s arrival in New York City and subsequent entry into the movie business is presented as something like a case of recidivism, a dive from suburban gentility into the cauldron of steaming garbage that was Fun City–era Manhattan.
    Nick Pinkerton, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The clip then smash-cuts to a scene of Bruce as a child listening to his parents fight in the next room, and we’re meant to understand that the joy and power that steams off of the stage is a cure for the pain of childhood wounds.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • As tensions boiled, clashes broke out and federal agents used pepper balls and tear gas, hitting journalists, a pastor and officers with the Chicago Police Department, according to reports and a lawsuit.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • They were created to store the sap collected from nearby maple trees and boil that down to create maple syrup.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sometimes lightning hits the mountainside and splits or burns a tree.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • There's a burning frustration like in the rest of the country.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • The pair will face the immediate challenge of addressing the controversy over politics that has roiled the firm, at a time when many Silicon Valley venture firms are becoming increasingly outspoken on hot-button political and culture-war issues.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The global economy has for months been roiled by a tit-for-tat of mounting tariffs, export controls and other penalties hitting areas from high-tech goods to high-seas shipping, as the US and China have vacillated between escalation and negotiation.
    Betsy Klein, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
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  • Police geared up and stormed the compound, using a hoe to knock the padlock off a door inside.
    Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Players must focus on teamwork, communication and coordination to successfully complete orders before customers get angry and storm out.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.

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