as in raving
to talk loudly and wildly
demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant
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The slippers have more than 1,600 five-star ratings, with fellow shoppers raving about their durability and fit.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
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Fans are raving about the episode on reddit and elsewhere.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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An alienated professor takes up weight lifting and ranting in Jordan Castro’s perceptive new novel, Muscle Man.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Some of these people are ranting and raving, threatening violence against strangers or exhibiting tendencies to hurt themselves, others are quietly living in filth or unclothed or unshod in frigid temperatures.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Huffing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huffing. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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