How to Use rabid in a Sentence

rabid

adjective
  • Her husband is a rabid baseball fan.
  • With a rabid fan base, Peep was on the precipice of fame.
    Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The first case of a rabid dog in a decade was confirmed in the city of Detroit.
    Kyle Davidson, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2021
  • The Bailey contained many of the club’s most rabid fans.
    Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Joe Biden is a rabid dog, he should be beaten to death with a stick.
    Time, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Back in the woods, the bloody lady is attacked by the rabid wolf-dog, while a car pulls up just down the road from the farm.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The last thing Justin Bieber wants is for all his rabid fans to see that 40% of the tickets are not going on sale to them.
    Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Over in the left seat, Suneja was confronting a rabid dog.
    New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • To all but the most rabid theater fans, the revival might look like a success.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
  • His name rarely resonates with the most rabid fans of Orioles lore.
    Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
  • The three schools are all within 12 miles of each other and have rabid fan bases that can rival any in the state.
    Dallas News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The ensuing backlash wasn’t just the result of a rabid fan base.
    Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2022
  • But Emory Jones will be suffocated by the pressure of the most rabid fan base in the state.
    Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Our fan base had been rabid through the fall, everything the program went through, tragedy...
    John Canzano, oregonlive, 1 Feb. 2022
  • That would give Alonso another chance to play in front of the rabid New York fans.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • But there’s not that kind of rabid desire that there was before.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Apr. 2020
  • But there are a lot of rabid film collectors out there.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • But just what is up with the rapid pace of rabid raccoon sightings in Carroll?
    Jon Kelvey, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The craziest was Macedonia, where rabid fans spit and threw coins on the court.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
  • This a rabid fan base that tunes in every Sunday night.
    Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 16 June 2024
  • One of the things Izzo built over his first 25 years was a rabid student section.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2020
  • Four of the cases involved exposure to bats, with the fifth stemming from a bite from a rabid dog.
    Helen Branswell, STAT, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Everyone ends up at the store, where a rabid mob is ready to snatch all of those half-price deals and free waffle irons.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The 7,727 fans in attendance at Ball Arena were rabid from the get-go and never let up.
    oregonlive, 26 May 2021
  • All but the most rabid fans would admit that the food in the old days was not uniformly high in quality.
    Pete Wells, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Which one artist’s fan base has become the most rabid customers, or even in your comments and DMs?
    Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2021
  • On Friday, the Warriors will be welcomed back by the Patriots and their rabid fans with the season on the line.
    Mike Perrin | , al, 3 May 2023
  • Even Disney’s most rabid fan base can seem to do only so much.
    Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Bitten by a rabid bat, a huge dog traps a Maine woman and her young son in their Ford Pinto.
    Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The Cliburn draws rabid fans from around the world as well as teachers, conductors and artist managers to check out the next crop of up-and-comers.
    Dallas News, 31 May 2022

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