rabble-rousing
Example Sentences
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The audience isn’t ready to say goodbye to her rabble-rousing activist Perfidia Beverly Hills.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
On its surface, a 36-year-old football player teaming up with rabble-rousing investors might seem as unlikely as getting engaged to the world’s most famous pop star after talking about her on a podcast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 25, 2025
Prosecutor Ben Holt previously told the court Mr Jones used "inflammatory, rabble-rousing language in the throng of a crowd described as a tinderbox".
From BBC • Aug. 15, 2025
Sinema’s political career began as a rabble-rousing anti-war activist.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024
Sometimes referred to as the “Wild Man from Birmingham,” Shuttlesworth has been described as an “unpolished, rabble-rousing Baptist preacher.”
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
