HOW TO PRONOUNCE
riots
/ˈɹaɪəts/
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What does riots mean?
noun
- plural of riot
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of riot
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹaɪəts/
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O, let those cities that of plenty’s cup And her prosperities so largely taste, With their superflous riots, hear these tears!
These again drew all the thieves and immoral characters of Paris to the spot, and constant riots and disturbances took place.
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I had been hearing of political disturbances, even of riots, of which I understood nothing, and for which I cared nothing.
The royalist faith was still so powerful that the Parisian riots and the events which led to the execution of Louis XVI.
Here nature riots in all of her wild beauty and has not yet been perceptibly marred by the despoiling hand of man.