rave
verb (used without object)
to talk wildly, as in delirium.
was raving
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past progressiveof rave.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In 2019, everyone was raving about these amazingly accurate long passes he was playing.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2023
Soon, he was raving incoherently about the supposed conspiracies against him.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2022
I remember a great uncle to whom I was raving about Star Wars.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2019
When I first met Ian Harvie and we became friends and he was telling me about this show, he was raving about it and he was raving about Jill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2015
The voice was raving about some failure of the laboratory and I felt a swift uneasiness.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
