- present participle of roar.
roaring
Example Sentences
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When most comics walk on stage before a roaring audience at a sold-out show, as if they’re the star of their own movie, it is intoxicating for them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Earplugs are encouraged there to guard against the roaring sound from the servers when up close.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
When a flood came roaring down the Himalayas into Nepal last year, engineer Santosh Adhikari narrowly escaped by scrambling to higher ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Next to the damaged station, dozens of onlookers stared at the flames roaring from the vehicle amid shards of glass and rubble, AFP journalists observed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
And then suddenly—WHOOSH—they were out of the scalding heat, out of the roaring, crackling din of the inferno.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
