raged

past tense of rage

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of raged Across the continent, schools closed, concerts were canceled, train lines were suspended and wildfires raged. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Cameron came up with the idea during the pandemic, as protests over the murder of George Floyd spread across the country and wildfires raged across Northern California. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 30 June 2026 Their fears come after several large wildfires raged across portions of Miami-Dade earlier this month burning tens of thousands of acres and forcing some people form their homes. Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 29 June 2026 These conflicts raged on through the pandemic, when the country was generally going insane, and in 2022, when President Joe Biden exercised his right to appoint a new chair, Rios took what was in effect a thankless cleanup job. Christopher Hooks, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 As the party raged on LACMA’s campus, hundreds of parade participants hurriedly prepared for their debuts in the corners of nearby streets and parking lots. Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026 Thousands of bodies spilled out of the Mojave Tent as the singer raged onstage, two weekends in a row. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026 By July 2, when Orlando temperatures topped 101 degrees, wildfires had raged for more than 40 days, burning more than 300,000 acres across the region. Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026 As the Spurs lead shrunk, the roar of the crowd inside MSG raged. Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raged
Verb
  • The puncher, who was wearing a white shirt and shorts, white socks and black crocs, stormed off and has not been caught.
    Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
  • With Lionel Messi, then 35, defying nature in Tom Brady-like fashion, Argentina stormed to its third World Cup title, which worked in Telemundo’s favor.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • The French capital is in the midst of a heat wave — the day of the show was the city’s hottest ever June day, until Wednesday eclipsed it — and the model’s toes steamed inside the oblong footwear.
    Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 26 June 2026
  • But don’t miss the crispy duck and walnut, and matsutake steamed chicken at the equally satisfying but more casual Yunnan specialty restaurant, Horizon.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • The wildfire had burned across an area of 30,000 acres by Sunday, information from the European Union’s Copernicus satellite mapping agency showed.
    Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • When the Ku Klux Klan burned crosses on the lawn of other beach neighbors, the only Jewish family in town, my dad tracked down the local Klan leader and told him to back off, or else.
    Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • When Burgess put both their names on the sign outside their Bridgeport, Connecticut, workshop, Fuller seethed.
    Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Despite performing alongside the Sailors, Burney quietly seethed over the way Guzmán treated the band, and Fernández in particular.
    Longreads, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Doing laundry has come a long way since people beat clothes on a rock or boiled them in a big cast-iron tub over a wood fire.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
  • They can be made into an omelet, scrambled, boiled, baked, poached, or fried.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Both the defendants and courts fumed at this because, while attorney-client privilege survives death, this death killed the power of Boca Raton’s Lee Sarkin and Ocean Ridge’s Drew Levitt to act on their client’s behalf.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026
  • Democratic campaigns fumed Tuesday at the Supreme Court for striking down limits on coordinated spending between political parties and candidates, a conservative 6-3 majority ruling that is set to open the donor floodgates for the midterm elections.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The confirmation that Batula and Wilson were dating shook the Bravoverse to its core, as that relationship broke some other long-standing friendships.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 July 2026
  • The sound of fighter jets on military flyovers shook the nation’s capital.
    Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

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“Raged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raged. Accessed 12 Jul. 2026.

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