Thesaurus results for HARANGUING

haranguing

verb

present participle of harangue

as in lecturing

to give a formal often extended talk on a subject the eminent professor harangued for three hours on his favorite subject, the clash of East and West

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as in speaking

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech a talk-show guest using the interviewer's questions as an opportunity to harangue on a variety of pet peeves

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Recent Examples of haranguing During testimony this week, Warsh sought to emphasize his independence from the White House, which was called into question after months of Trump haranguing Powell over interest rates. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 16 July 2026 Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official. — Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026 While American pundits wrote haranguing op-eds warning that the breaking of diplomatic precedent would prompt China to escalate war, ordinary people in Taiwan celebrated. — Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026 After haranguing the receptionist, he was eventually granted a 15-minute audience with Fujita, who advised his teenage devotee to focus on future technologies like computers. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 24 Feb. 2026 That entanglement allowed Biden to traverse the country haranguing business on equity, climate, daycare, union labor, and other whole-of-government crusades—while taunting Republicans who relented for the sake of home-district dollars. — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Tuesday’s report is likely to be viewed favorably by the president, who has spent the past months haranguing Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 12 Aug. 2025

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For decades, Zinn traveled the country lecturing to packed auditoriums.

— Barbara Spindel, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2026
The bald guy lecturing me on how to get the money looked real enough, but the question of his true being kept rattling around my increasingly paranoid mind.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026

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The anthem video features Zankov speaking about tactile and nostalgic references, such as leather softened by a long journey and the feeling of cashmere on the skin, that inspired the collection.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
The owners of Art of Play have been speaking to the press about the incident, noting that Clarkson’s posts have resulted in substantial trolling for the shop.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026

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That level of pure confidence while talking to the person with cold, hard footage is what makes Lisa Barlow the perfect Real Housewife.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
There are so many more interesting things than listening to a bunch of Flock employees talking on a wireless microphone with radio.

— Nilay Patel, The Verge, 15 Oct. 2026

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Related Stories Cruise, declaiming every line, acting with blind bluster and a mean gleam of good-ol’-boy joy, makes Digger a walking cartoon — a larger-than-life satire of over-the-top American arrogance, like LBJ crossed with Foghorn Leghorn.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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Elon Musk is ranting on X in response to the upcoming documentary, Musk.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
Videos of Cubans exploding in anger and ranting against the government have become frequent despite the severe penalties Cuban law imposes to those who criticize the authorities.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of ranting

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The family traveled around the country preaching and soliciting donations, and when Gortner was 16, his father absconded with what was reported to be $3 million in donations.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
So as the Knicks begin training camp with dreams of hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy again, Brown is already preaching to his players the importance of maintaining their edge.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

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