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.
has rioted
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present perfectof riot (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Unnibbled, vegetation has rioted and farmers' incomes have risen.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You know," whispered Tom, "what we feel now is the sense of all the gorgeous youth that has rioted through here in two hundred years."
From This Side of Paradise by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
As a result, it has rioted in dreams of which he is the hero, until it has brought him to the point of thinking his wildest fancies quite possible realities.
From The Story of an Untold Love by Paul Leicester Ford
The old hearth, that has rioted the summer through with boughs and blossoms, gives up its withered tenantry.
From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Donald Grant Mitchell
