How to Use rabid in a Sentence

rabid

adjective
  • Her husband is a rabid baseball fan.
  • It's not known if the coyote is rabid since it hasn't been caught.
    — Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This statement drew nearly a minute of boos from the rabid crowd.
    — Maya Kosoff, The Hive, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The modes feature enough depth to sate the most rabid football fan.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025
  • But there’s not that kind of rabid desire that there was before.
    — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Apr. 2020
  • There are very few hints in art of dogs being dirty, vicious or rabid.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • For most creators, having an army of rabid fans would seem like a dream.
    — Emma Stefansky, HWD, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Joe Biden is a rabid dog, he should be beaten to death with a stick.
    — Time, 15 Jan. 2020
  • When Onana jogs onto the field for his warm-up, the boos are rabid.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Hess toys have been sold since 1964 and have a rabid fan based.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 30 July 2025
  • The first is that of the rabid, race-hungry fan who will jump at the first sign of life on the track.
    — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 8 Feb. 2018
  • This is a very famous spinoff of a very famous show that has a rabid fanbase.
    — H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • His name rarely resonates with the most rabid fans of Orioles lore.
    — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 14 May 2024
  • To all but the most rabid theater fans, the revival might look like a success.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
  • 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 bars and restaurants around Knoxville are full of rabid fans on gamedays.
    — Keith Sharon, The Tennessean, 28 July 2025
  • But the fanbase is rabid and hungry to host major events.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The rabid gun-loving base, or all those young students begging him to sign the bill?
    — Ben Joravsky, Chicago Reader, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Mom screams like a rabid animal.
    — Dr. Sue Varma, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But don’t count Odenkirk, who was about the age of most of Dahl’s rabid young fans at the time.
    — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In any business, the rise of fame and talent comes with rabid fans who may sometimes cross the line.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • 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 ensuing backlash wasn’t just the result of a rabid fan base.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 26 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • This is the rabid level of devotion the place inspires.
    — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The club shows were a way to work out that tension onstage in front of 250 or so rabid fans each night.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This is not the first time a rabid animal has been found in Baltimore.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • 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
  • The comebacks have been rabid and theatrical.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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

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