seethed

past tense of seethe
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as in swirled
to be in a state of violent rolling motion the water seethed with schools of feeding piranha

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Recent Examples of seethed His own work seethed with the gritty vernacular of the street, evoking the Sturm und Drang of the Midwestern metropolis. News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2025 The result was a gonzo spaghetti Western that seethed with anti-colonialist sentiment and won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025 Many also seethed over the fact that some of these same teams had memorialized George Floyd, the Black man murdered on video by Derek Chauvin, then a Minneapolis police officer, in 2020, whose death set off a nationwide wave of street demonstrations. Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seethed
Verb
  • And in the late ’90s, rumors swirled for years that Gucci wanted to buy Armani, although a deal never materialized.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • My spaghetti noodles were swirled around three meatballs on my plate.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Both personalities were on full display on Tuesday, when the B’s stormed back from 2-0 deficit with five unanswered goals to beat the New York Islanders, 5-2, at the Garden.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • In 1992, 111 were killed when Sao Paulo police stormed the Carandiru Penitentiary to put down a prison rebellion.
    Janaina Quinet, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Setting a trap with a phone call Leigh’s head spun, and her stomach churned.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Everybody went to see them, so studios churned more and more out every year until the market was saturated.
    Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Enjoy it raw or lightly steamed with olive oil, salt, and pepper for the most nutrients and best flavor.
    Carrie Madormo, Verywell Health, 27 Oct. 2025
  • News Round-Up The USA’s Under-20s steamed into the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Chile yesterday, wiping the floor with Italy.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some of Jelly's favorite tour meals include a healthier version of Nashville-style hot chicken and French fries boiled in bone broth.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There, they are boiled with sugar and then made into a red bean paste to use in other recipes for pastries or other desserts.
    Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The eugenics movement raged in America and abroad, and bodies deemed as ‘freaks’ could be subject to investigation, sterilization, or institutionalization.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Bloody battles raged throughout the fall of 1863 along the banks of the Tennessee River, in pastoral valleys, and on the flanks of Lookout Mountain, a long, craggy ridge overlooking the city.
    Graham Averill, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After a Joey Estes fastball came near his head, Robles whirled around and chucked his bat at the pitcher.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Between events, Diamandis whirled around, making and cementing connections.
    Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The southbound truck spun on impact before stopping in the middle of the roadway.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The process brings hemp fibers down to 35 millimeters so it can be spun in a blend on existing cotton spinning systems.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Seethed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seethed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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