railing

Example Sentences

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Strauss regularly goes off the rails in his exaggerations, but with Dudamel there are no railing critics or anything thing else, not that he doesn’t have cause.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Cordelia Violet Paap, a 12th-grader and student body president at Tallinn Pelgulinna State, delivered a poem railing against AI before a school talent show in March.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

PC Chessor told the jury that Albadri had made a hand gesture "like a salute" just before he jumped onto the railing.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

She’s been on something of a tear on X recently, railing against the alleged societal destruction that women’s equality has wrought.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

John Harvey jumped off and held tight to the railing, stopping the merry-go-round with a jerk.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn