rife with

idiom

: having a large amount of (something bad or unpleasant) : full of (something bad or unpleasant)

The school was rife with rumors.

a history rife with scandal

Examples of rife with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Navratilova is just one of countless people to comment that the opinion piece is rife with sexist connotations, while The Standardrecently published a counterargument pointing out that male pop stars almost never receive the same type of critique. —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 July 2024 Fasano is one of the few luxury hotels in Salvador, but that’s set to change, as the city — which offers several welcoming bed and breakfasts — is rife with luxury development. —

Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2024 Pregnancies aside, the project was rife with happy surprises, such as when Baran Tréan sent a rendering of the dining room featuring a French flea market tapestry of the Garden of Eden in saturated greens, reds, and purples. —

Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024 Nobel laureate William Butler Yeats, member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, wrote poetry rife with tarot symbolism. —

Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 27 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for rife with

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