: the sport of driving in automobile rallies (see rally entry 2 sense 4)
rallying
2 of 2present participle of rally entry 1, rally entry 3
Examples of rallying in a Sentence
Noun
the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures
Recent Examples on the Web
Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
In retrospect, maybe that should’ve been viewed less as a rallying cry and more of a harbinger of what was to come in his first calendar year.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
An $850,000 ecotourism resort in Costa Rica for a study abroad program became a rallying cry for his detractors, and a scathing audit uncovered other questionable decisions.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Wolves players desperately wanted to be that distraction, that source of rallying and joy in the instant wake of tragedy.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rallying
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Noun
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s $2 trillion sovereign wealth fund made $247 billion in 2025, its management team said Thursday, thanks to rallying tech, financial and mining stocks.
—Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
In retrospect, maybe that should’ve been viewed less as a rallying cry and more of a harbinger of what was to come in his first calendar year.
—Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
An $850,000 ecotourism resort in Costa Rica for a study abroad program became a rallying cry for his detractors, and a scathing audit uncovered other questionable decisions.
—Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
Wolves players desperately wanted to be that distraction, that source of rallying and joy in the instant wake of tragedy.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for rallying
Cite this Entry
“Rallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rallying. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
