How to Use rampant in a Sentence

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• But back in the days when Covid was rampant, the fate of the five-song suite was up in the proverbial air.
  — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
• The company said rampant crime in the area forced it to shut down.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• In the ’70s, there was wife-swapping, and there had been rampant cheating throughout the decades.
  — Rachel Rabbit White, ELLE, 5 May 2023
• And there’s so many of those guys running rampant — Hawke: Boys.
  — Jen Yamatostaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
• Parlor talk is rampant over the three men rumored to be in the veepstakes' top tier: Govs.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2024
• The strike helped scale back the rampant use of solitary confinement.
  — Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2024
• Ballots are in the mail, attack ads are rampant and canvassers are out in full force.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 24 Oct. 2024
• One of the most consistent themes: higher-ups turning a blind eye to rampant abuse.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• Back in the mid-2000s, before black slabs ruled the world, phones came in all sorts of wild shapes and sizes; sliders, folders, and spinners were rampant.
  — Sascha Segan, PCMAG, 12 July 2022
• The belief that lying is rampant in the digital age just doesn’t match the data.
  — Big Think, 24 June 2024
• According to the Gothamist, Avant Gardner has been dogged by concerns of rampant drug use.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 3 Aug. 2023
• The rampant growth in Douglas County has put us at risk of running out of water.
  — The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
• The club wasn’t providing drugs for anyone, but drugs were rampant.
  — Rachel Rabbit White, ELLE, 5 May 2023
• Unemployment was rampant in our region, and many of us felt a push to flee.
  — Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2023
• The city has struggled like many in recent years with homelessness, rampant drug use, and crime.
  — ABC News, 19 Nov. 2023
• In the last presidential election, the rampant spread of fake news played a big hand in Bolsonaro’s win.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 30 Sep. 2022
• Fear is rampant in the global workplace and drives many of our decisions.
  — Bonnie Low-Kramen, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2023
• Small businesses struggling with rampant crime in East San Jose are about to get some help.
  — Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
• But grief will not bring the victims back, and prayers alone will not put a stop to the terror of rampant gun violence in our country.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 5 July 2022
• But the issue has only become more perverse and rampant in the 20 years since she was rescued.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2023
• At the time, gambling was rampant, not only among fans of baseball but among players, as well.
  — David Hill, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2024
• But New York’s history is cyclical, and a generation later, rampant crime is again the talk—and the scourge—of the town.
  — Edward Kosner, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
• Most people see the logic of this approach, but few have the guts to implement it at a time when concerns run rampant.
  — John Dorfman, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• Impulse purchases at Buc-ee’s are rampant among folks of all ages.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 20 Nov. 2022
• Inflation is running rampant, as the prices of nearly all goods and services are up across the nation.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 21 July 2022
• Gasoline was scarce, power and water shortages were rampant, leading to chaos on the streets.
  — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
• Fraud is rampant around the holidays, which means a greater likelihood of airline fraud.
  — Marisa Garcia, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• The culprit behind the declines, the researchers say, is rampant overfishing.
  — Dino Grandoni, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
• Despite these initiatives, school shootings have remained rampant in the past year.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
• Despite rampant misogynoir, the women cleared the mail accumulation within a record three months while stationed in England and did it again in France.
  — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025