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[seeth] / sið /


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As Mira and Edgar tentatively approach discussion of the breach in the family, it’s primarily Beckett who begins to seethe with anger at what happened—and what didn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

U.S. consumers over the border will seethe with envy.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

People are right to seethe over the stranglehold film and TV franchises have on the industry.

From Salon Dec. 17, 2025

Fans were overjoyed to seethe five Spice Girls back together for the first time in years, with many commenting on Beckham's post.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2024

Uncertainty makes the universe seethe with infinite energy.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Sal quietly seethes with irritation at Sonny’s misbegotten machinations, his chilly demeanor suggesting a tense and potentially dangerous volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

His father Carlos seethes at their current ordeal.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

Envy seethes behind those opaque shades and a mask-like smirk.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 29, 2025

One, 3800-meter-high Mount Erebus, seethes menacingly just 40 kilometers from McMurdo Station, Antarctica’s biggest research base.

From Science Magazine Dec. 2, 2024

The heart of a nuclear reactor seethes with deadly radioactivity.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Some Google employees who had spent years working on the technology seethed at being lapped.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 7, 2026

"It's a Manchester derby," seethed former United captain Gary Neville on Sky Sports after the dull goalless draw at Old Trafford.

From BBC Apr. 6, 2025

Esther Rolle, who died in 1998, seethed at the show’s increased emphasis on J.J. as "Good Times" found more mainstream success.

From Salon Dec. 7, 2023

Landlords seethed that the moratorium unfairly allowed tenants to skip rent without immediate consequences and left property owners financially vulnerable as many of their bills were still due.

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2023

Rage seethed in her heart as she glared down Fifth Avenue.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

The guitarist didn’t skip a beat: “That suits me, I’m a miserable sod most of the time.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

For this enormous game, new grass was specially sourced from a nearby sod farm.

From Barron's Feb. 7, 2026

Mr Williams said: "I'm just a stubborn old sod and I'm not going to give in. I would appreciate it if anybody said to me 'you were right and we were wrong'."

From BBC Jun. 1, 2025

USC’s new baseball stadium isn’t slated to open to the public until early 2026, but the Trojans began practicing here on the field in February, as soon as the sod had set.

From Los Angeles Times May 22, 2025

“I know about my head, Rachel. Why should I pay good money to find out it’s plain as sod and stubborn as a mule?”

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

And if you aren’t moved by it, there is something wrong and you must investigate your sodden heart.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

When it flooded most recently, she was left to stay overnight in the sodden flat, as no alternative accommodation could be found.

From BBC Dec. 12, 2025

On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.

From Barron's Oct. 28, 2025

I spent Monday hauling furniture to a dumpster and cutting up sodden rugs with a kitchen knife—it was all I had—so that they’d fit inside contractor bags.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2024

The wall was sodden and the messages streaked so that no word could be read.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Belgium is seething, ready to announce the chocolate, frites and cyclocross sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, Salieri’s invisible seething paralyzes him, turning into the punishment he believes God inflicted on him.

From Salon May 16, 2026

Prosecutor Nicholas de la Poer KC told the jury Coleman was "seething with hatred on the inside".

From BBC May 1, 2026

Uche Okeke memorializes the Aba Women’s War of 1929, one of the first major anticolonial uprisings in Nigeria, with a throng of seething figures, their strength and determination reflected in vigorous brushstrokes.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

Hermione was still seething at the way Harry had triumphed without doing the work properly.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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