riot
noun
a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
had rioted
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past perfectof riot.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The official state newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar, said more than 1,000 “terrorists” had rioted until a military curfew — colloquially and widely known as a Section 144 — restored order.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2012
They had rioted during the 1918 Spartacus Putsch and spearheaded the abortive 1923 Communist insurrection.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last nightNo revel here was held, and yet the dayStrikes heavier on me wearier, body and soul,Than though we had rioted out with raging mirthThe lifelong length of darkness.
From The Duke of Gandia by Algernon Charles Swinburne
He had some time ago forsaken those extravagant companions with whom he had rioted in the heyday of his fortune, and begun to consort with a graver and more sober species of acquaintance.
From The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by T. (Tobias) Smollett
Here the kings of France had rioted in boundless profusion, and every conceivable appliance of pleasure was collected in these abodes, from which all thoughts of retribution were studiously excluded.
From Maria Antoinette Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
