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UK
/ɹˈeɪvɪŋ/
]
[ US /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹeɪvɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
declaiming wildly
the raving of maniacs
ADVERB
-
in a raving manner
raving mad
How To Use raving In A Sentence
- I'm not going to turn into a raving fundamentalist.
- He's a committed vegetarian who occasionally gives in to cravings for lamb.
- I asked my daughter-in-law if there was anything special we needed to stock up on and she revealed she's been craving mandarin oranges for the last three weeks.
- Raving, starving herself, addicted to Seconal and Dexedrine, Tippy makes a dramatic transformation from beautiful to mean.
- She skipped normal meals to satisfy her craving for chocolate and crisps.
- Since draughtsmanship was the foundation of all his art, engravings, etchings, lithographs, linocuts, and drawings poured from him in astonishing quantity and quality.
- The engraving shows that Geometry / Melancholy has not succeeded in fashioning a regular dodecahedron.
- Everything was explained in it -- everything made clear; and gradually she realised the natural, strong and pardonable craving of the rich, unloved man, to seek out for himself some means whereby he might leave all his world's gainings to one whose kindness to him had not been measured by any knowledge of his wealth, but which had been bestowed upon him solely for simple love's sake. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
- Making ourselves miserable by these cravings and wishes is the unwholesome pattern of envy.
- If you have a particular need - such as untamable carb cravings or severe lethargy - your priorities may be different.