Example Sentences

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In the messages, Mr Yousaf told Mr Leitch that Ms Sturgeon had been "ranting" at him and he had taken "one hell of a bullet".

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2024

Before his seizure that morning, he had been ranting that the nursing staff was “making him crazy” and that they were “putting the angry thoughts in his head” to make him look bad.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2016

To Hitler, who had been ranting about "the struggle against Bolshevism" for nearly 20 years, it seemed like an offer he couldn't refuse.

From Time Magazine Archive

Presently Stephens arrived, and a man who had been ranting in the pulpit, merely, as it seemed, to occupy the people till he should come, immediately yielded his place to him.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus

Presently Mr. Mablethorpe, who had been ranting about the room, to the detriment of waste-paper baskets and revolving bookcases, sat down and said:— "And you are reluctant to give up your present berth, Phil?"

From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian