How to Use rife in a Sentence
rife
adjective- Speculation about who would be fired ran rife for weeks.
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Saratoga Springs was rife with restaurant chips from the 1850s on.
—Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Oct. 2022
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During the 1950s, the music business was rife with shady deals.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
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The scene where Lestat turns Louis is a pulp masterpiece, set in a church and rife with blood and fire.
—Time, 22 Sep. 2022
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That speed came with a cost, as fraud experts said from the outset that the program would be rife with fraud.
—Ben Wieder, oregonlive, 5 Oct. 2022
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The past year has been rife with proclamations about what 2022 would bring, most of which haven’t amounted to much.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Dec. 2022
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At the same time, suspicions are rife that Sall, who is due to step down in 2024, will try and extend his rule.
—Katarina Hoije, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
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Poverty rates in the city have tripled, according to the United Nations, and crime is rife.
—Cape Diamond, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2023
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The past year has been rife with evolving ideas about what future workplaces might look like.
—Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2023
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The crisis of fast fashion, and how to solve it, is rife for debate and discussion.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2023
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The history of sport is rife with sexism that has held back women.
—Steve Magness, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2022
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Much like the best horror movies, horror books are rife with vampires, ghosts, and of course, zombies.
—Milan Polk, Men's Health, 24 Oct. 2022
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The Portland area is rife with beautiful paved trails for bikes, strollers and people on foot.
—oregonlive, 19 Sep. 2022
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Nature, red in tooth and claw, is rife with organisms that eat their neighbors to get ahead.
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2022
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New York was rife with crime, garbage, graffiti and crack cocaine.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
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The odyssey to get to their third album, Blue Rev (out now via Polyvinyl and Transgressive), was rife with setbacks and challenges.
—Tatiana Tenreyro, SPIN, 7 Oct. 2022
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The process was too hard to navigate, many said, and was rife with rejection letters.
—The Courier-Journal, 23 Dec. 2022
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If things have marginally improved for women in film and music, ageism is still rife.
—Olivia Marks, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2023
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But a look around the city reminds us why the turn into fall and march toward winter is rife with sporting drama: ▪ The Celtics.
—Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Nov. 2022
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Paranoia was rife down on South Street, and strangers like Mensch were viewed with suspicion.
—Nicole Rudick, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
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While the lake is a top spot for fishing, the surrounding dry land is also rife with wildlife, with seven miles of trails to explore.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
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If history serves as a guide, the next two years could be rife with partisan gridlock.
—Candy Woodall, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2022
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Talk of Western hypocrisy and double standards is rife in Doha.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2022
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But many Republicans soured on the law after Trump claimed mail-in voting was rife with fraud.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022
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The 2022 midterm elections were rife with anti-bail-reform rhetoric—including in deep-blue states.
—Laura Arnold, WSJ, 12 Feb. 2023
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Yet gossip mills and social media are rife with newly svelte fans.
—Paul Tullis, Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2022
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The market is also rife with scammers eager to take advantage of users.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 9 July 2022
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Doxing is rife, and attacks, arrests, and threats against their jobs are increasing.
—Darren Loucaides, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
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After the aborted mutiny in late June, speculation has been rife about the future of the mercenary group that provided one of the most capable elements of Russian forces fighting in Ukraine.
—Yuras Karmanau The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
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This had already been rife after Kate took an extended step back from her royal duties following the unspecified surgery.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2024
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