How to Use rabble-rouser in a Sentence

rabble-rouser

noun
  • Being put on some list of rabble-rousers?
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
  • And still the Swedish rabble-rousers endure.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Bryce Young makes the placid Brock Purdy look like a rabble-rouser at the podium.
    — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The new faces are top-six forward Valeri Nichushkin and fourth-line rabble-rouser Ryan Lomberg.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 6 July 2026
  • Most of these commentators, influencers, and rabble-rousers operate outside the mainstream-media spotlight, yet their influence is vast, shaping how the next generation thinks about race, gender, government, and truth itself.
    — Clara Molot, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Columbia University's new president is already facing opposition from anti-Israel rabble-rousers, who have condemned her for previous actions taken against leftist encampments at her last college.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026

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