1
as in to swirl
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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2
as in to rage
to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger she seethed at the very thought of the staff's staggering incompetence

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Recent Examples of seethe South African officials seethe when U.S. leaders express concern for Ukrainian civilians but are less quick to sympathize with civilians in Gaza. Michelle Gavin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2025 Sounders defender Yeimar Andrade, 33, approached and separated Suarez and Vargas, who was laughing and celebrating the victory with his teammate Cody Baker, 21, as a seething Suarez looked on. Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025 To Bondi and her allies, the outdated portraits offered proof that the department was riddled with suspect personnel seething at the election results. Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025 The only thing that is missing is evidence of seething libs. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seethe
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Verb
  • Unsubstantiated rumors still swirl online and in county meetings that wind, solar and battery storage facilities will degrade the environment, destroy rural culture and lower property values.
    Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 20 Oct. 2025
  • My spaghetti noodles were swirled around three meatballs on my plate.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • My father’s kind voice ruptured the sound of violence raging around us.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Or to be safe and dry as a storm rages outside?
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
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  • Melissa was churning about 300 miles south of Haiti with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph as of Tuesday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Earnings are revving up this week, and investors are keeping a close eye on results that could be the catalyst to keep markets churning higher.
    Nick Wells,Pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
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  • Do not waste precious prep time wiping down your baseboards, scrubbing the windows, or steaming your floors.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The director was asked if the deal with the steaming giant could compromise the film’s theatrical release in the same way as Ferrari, which bypassed cinemas in a number of key European territories such as France and Europe.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The women in your kitchen mixed the figs with walnuts, almonds, and sugar then boiled it all and stored it in clay pots for breakfast.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Water does not have to be boiled for handwashing, bathing and laundry purposes, but residents should be careful not to ingest it.
    Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • First, a late substitution forced Napier to burn a timeout near the red zone just before the play clock ran out.
    Matt Baker, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • In the absence of cooking gas, nearly two-thirds of households have resorted to burning waste to cook meals, according to the UN.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • She was named editor in chief at CBS News last week by Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, and CBS News staffers have been roiled in the aftermath.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, the institution enrolled several African American students whose presence at times roiled a campus that also attracted Southern white students.
    Time, Time, 14 Oct. 2025
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  • Hours later, the players stormed onto the NFL turf under the bright stadium lights, ready to battle it out in a three-team round robin against the Murrieta Hawkeyes and Shadow Hawks.
    Stephanie Ogilvie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The 34-year-old Colombian artist stormed the runway to perform between the parade of angel wings, and received her own coveted feathers in the process.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Seethe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethe. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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