rave
verb (used without object)
to talk wildly, as in delirium.
is raving
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present progressiveof rave (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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When any basketball coach is raving about an opposing player, that sets off an alarm bell for sportswriters to pay attention and investigate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
The league is raving about the kid who goes by Wemby, and has been from the moment he got drafted - long before that night, really.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
The league is raving about the kid who goes by Wemby, and has been from the moment he got drafted — long before that night, really.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
At one in point in “Oscar Peterson: Black + White,” Barry Avrich’s documentary about the Canadian jazz pianist, Billy Joel is raving about the speed of Peterson’s hands on the piano.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Baron Something-or-Other is raving again about trolls in The Eastern Woods.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
