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roaring

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adverb

roaring

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verb

present participle of roar
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of roaring
Adjective
Even some famous non-country artists will be making their Stagecoach debut like Lana Del Rey, T-Pain (who had a roaring Coachella set the weeks before), and the Backstreet Boys. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025 Tinnitus is when someone hears ringing in the ears—or a buzzing or roaring sound. Carley Millhone, Health, 20 Oct. 2024
Verb
Bill could only see brown movement and hear roaring. Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025 Mergers-and-acquisitions activity globally is roaring back to life, with several megadeals in the third quarter building on momentum from earlier this year. Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roaring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roaring
Adjective
  • Calls for the United States to return astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade have been increasingly loud and frequent, emanating from bipartisan lawmakers and science advocates alike.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Los Angeles Rams kicker Joshua Karty’s field-goal attempt went off the right upright and made one of the loudest doinks of the season, creating a buzz among NFL fans on Sunday.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Entrepreneurship remains the cornerstone of a thriving community.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The list recognizes a thriving segment of the entertainment industry that includes storytellers across the religious spectrum who are offering up compelling and creative experiences featuring faith and spirituality for broad audiences.
    Variety Staff, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Elordi treated excited fans to selfies and autographs until the very last second, and del Toro spent much time doing the same to the delight of his fans.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In keeping with that, many clear protein powders available online seem to contain no fats and very few carbs (one to two grams), if any at all.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Signs of sass becoming a problem include growling or snapping, guarding objects, ignoring basic commands persistently, or biting and destroying items.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This mobile bar crisscrosses the room’s checkerboard floor with the growling rumble of a subway train.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jose Mourinho, who was Roma’s manager at the time, criticised Taylor’s performance at full time and was later filmed shouting at the English official in the stadium car park.
    Leon Imber, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The other glaringly absent figure is Linda’s husband, Charles, who is played by Christian Slater but, for most of the film, is only a voice on the other end of a phone line, shouting irritably and defensively in Linda’s ear.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To promote the line, Blakely would travel across the country and was interviewed by every DJ who loved laughing and talking about the word Spanx, who were mostly men.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Cartman starts laughing so hard that he projectile vomits all over Thiel.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That was the sound of Blackwell’s game-deciding block, followed by the deafening final eruption from the stands of Allegiant Stadium.
    Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And now that Survivor 50 has already been cast and filmed, that drumbeat is almost deafening.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In a quarter where JPMorgan handily topped expectations, thanks to booming activity in institutional trading, questions from reporters and analysts around credit losses took center stage.
    Hugh Son, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For Broadcom, the move provides deeper access to the booming AI market.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Roaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roaring. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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