Literary notes about Seething (AI summary)
The term "seething" is employed in literature to evoke a sense of dynamic, restless energy—whether it depicts the physical turbulence of nature or the inner fire of human emotion. In many works, the word describes boiling, energetic media: tumultuous seas or bubbling cauldrons that mirror nature’s power and unpredictability [1, 2, 3, 4]. Equally, it conveys an internal state of volatility—from fiery rage and rebellious spirit [5, 6, 7, 8] to the buzzing creativity or simmering anxiety that lies just beneath the surface of thought [9, 10, 11]. Additionally, its use in scenes of bustling human activity or charged socio-political environments adds a visceral intensity to the portrayal of collective unrest [12, 13]. Overall, "seething" functions as a striking linguistic tool, bridging the physical and emotional realms to heighten the dramatic landscape of the narrative.
- The blow from the sea must have turned me, so that I sank almost feet foremost through a soft, seething foamy lull.
— from White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville - The seething cauldron, 2 ; Yggdrasil root near, 12 ; Nidhug in, 13 ; ice streams from, 182 ; wicked in, 183 Hymir (hē′mir).
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. Guerber - The water is now changed in its colour—chafed into foam, and agitated like a seething cauldron.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway - The crust of the vast globe still yielded under the influence of the seething, boiling mass, which was forever at work beneath.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - Seething with rebellion, my soul was like a volcano.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - He still remained motionless, seething with inchoate rage, when his whole nature seemed to disintegrate.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - she asked, seething with hostility and violation.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - Why must he come to her with his seething and suffering and dissatisfactions?
— from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence - In less than an hour other thoughts were seething in his head.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - All these thoughts were rolling and seething in
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - I asked, curious to hear what poetical thought had been seething in her brain.
— from Tuscan folk-lore and sketches, together with some other papers by Isabella Mary Anderton - The yards were seething with agitation just then, said the man, speaking as a unionist.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - Before the gate a wide square spread out; behind it the bazaar was seething with people, the day being Sunday.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov
