How to Use rabid in a Sentence
rabid
adjective- Her husband is a rabid baseball fan.
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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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