- present participle of riot.
rioting
Example Sentences
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I have covered disorder in Northern Ireland for more than a decade now, including last summer when rioting erupted in Ballymena.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
"Our officers have a role to facilitate and accommodate peaceful protest," he said, while cautioning against a repeat of widespread anti-immigrant rioting last June.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
They would be elderly people rioting, but they would still riot.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
HIs performance was uneven as unrest turned into rioting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026
I told her that there had been rioting in malls all over America, and that no one knew why.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
