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roaring

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adverb

roaring

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verb

present participle of roar
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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
But just a minute or so later, the Golden Knights fans were roaring again. Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025 Another Alloy film project that came out first in book form, but inspired by a script, and then to roaring viewership stats was the Netflix adaptation in 2022 Purple Hearts, starring Sofia Carson alongside Nicholas Galitzine. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roaring
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roaring
Adjective
  • Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.
    Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 6 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, Mercury and Mars are activating your sector of expansion, meaning your inner philosopher is loud.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The characters of Luis and Maria gave me a glimpse of what two happy, thriving Latinos looked like living in a neighborhood where kindness was always in high supply.
    Priscilla Blossom, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The two biggest gainers in this year’s NHL rankings are in the southeast, as the Carolina Hurricanes and Florida Panthers have converted dominant on-ice results into thriving businesses.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Monster has debuted into this very fraught political moment where, despite no evidence showing a link between violence and transness, right-wingers have gone to great pains to paint almost every mass shooter who makes front page news as trans in hopes of stripping trans people of their rights.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • In early 2024, support for Israel’s war was very high, if lower among Democrats.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hawke returns too, grumbling and growling behind a rubber mask (and, eventually, some grisly prosthetics).
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Food insecurity doesn’t necessarily mean kids are going to bed with growling stomachs every night.
    Oona Hanson, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This is the time to be surrounded by fans decked out in purple and orange, shouting at the screens and celebrating every three-pointer.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • These steals are worth shouting about, especially since so many are 2025 Best of Beauty winners or have been thoroughly tested by our editors.
    Lily Wohlner, Allure, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Adding to the action is a colorful, squirmy worm that will get kids laughing and moving.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The three of us kids quickly unraveled, laughing uncontrollably.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 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
  • Since then, Massachusetts has put in place additional regulations on a booming industry that now includes widespread sports betting.
    Karen Brown, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • China will build Africa’s first insulin production plant in Nigeria, Chinese state media reported, in a landmark deal that would allow the west African nation to enter the booming insulin industry as diabetes rates surge across the continent.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Roaring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roaring. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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