rife with

phrase

: having a large amount of (something bad or unpleasant) : full of (something bad or unpleasant)

The school was rife with rumors.

a history rife with scandal

Examples of rife with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Marshall rebuffed Hamilton, and said Kansans support work requirements for food stamps, and characterized the SNAP program as increasingly expensive and rife with fraud. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026

With just two weeks until the 2026 midterm elections, anticipation and anxiety will only accelerate as social media is rife with the latest polls, early vote data and plenty of rumor. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

The universe is rife with galaxies, stars and worlds that change very little during an astronomer’s brief time on Earth. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

They are confined to their bodies, rife with their many flaws and inadequacies. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026