Read full poem →She said; then raging to Sir Plume repairs,
And bids her beau demand the precious hairs:
Dictionary Entry
To act or speak in heightened anger.
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
. ragingsea ragingfire ragingstorm ragingbull ragingraging still
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.
Poetry examples for “raging”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →14.
What! am I raging alone as my father raged in his mood?
Must _I_ too creep to the hollow and dash myself down and die
Read full poem →(Rapture they will not forego), dare to resist and rebel;
Still, when resisting and raging, in soft undervoice say unto him,
Fear not, retire not, O man; hope evermore and believe.
Read full poem →Am 1 enclosed ; let me fly, let me fly, give room 3
'Twixt the cold bears, far from the raging lion.
Lies my safe way; oh, for a cake of ice now
Read full poem →Scylla by us her father's rich hair steals,
And Scylla's womb mad raging dogs conceals.
We cause feet fly, we mingle hares with snakes,
Read full poem →Nor the swift furie of the flames aspiring,
Nor the deep wounds of victours raging blade,
Nor ruthlesse spoyle of souldiers blood-desiring,
Read full poem →in it, might hint at the great interest taken in Vivie by a
distinguished man of science who had become an M.P. and a raging
suffragist. Or indecorum would be hinted in the relations between
Read full poem →“Lord” he speaks of here of having been in the country with for fear
of the plague raging this year through London, and Sir George
Carey, captain-general of the Isle of Wight, with whom Nashe was at
Read full poem →Full on the filial dullness: long he stood,
Repelling from his breast the raging god;
At length burst out in this prophetic mood:
Read full poem →The battle, long he stood,
And like a lion raging,
Expired in seas of blood.