rant
verb (used without object)
to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave.
were ranting
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past progressiveof rant.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 the same week that the pair were ranting over historical “accuracy,” Michael Kratsios, the president’s science adviser, proposed overhauling the government’s approach to funding the sciences.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
When Tommy talks on the phone to his estranged wife about their two children, it at first seems as if he were ranting to himself, because he’s using a headset.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2013
Once, recalls C. Boyden Gray, a White House counsel in the first Bush Administration, when the Supreme Court shut Roberts out 9 to 0 in a commercial case, the clients were ranting about the result.
From Time Magazine Archive
