riled; riling
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Examples of rile in a Sentence
Her comments riled the professor.
one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me
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The winger, public enemy No 1 in the Black Country after his pre-match post on social media riled the locals, was untouchable after the break as the visitors ran amok.
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
By this stage, the Cambridge capital controversy was winding down—with both sides claiming victory—but economics was still riled by contentious debates over issues like inflation, labor unions, and poverty in the developing world.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
The money piece really riles me up because women receive around 2% of funding from venture capitalists, and money really is everything.
—Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2024
With as much as a one word tweet, the superstar artist got her fans riled up on Thursday night (Oct. 24).
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024
By this stage, the Cambridge capital controversy was winding down—with both sides claiming victory—but economics was still riled by contentious debates over issues like inflation, labor unions, and poverty in the developing world.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
The money piece really riles me up because women receive around 2% of funding from venture capitalists, and money really is everything.
—Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2024
With as much as a one word tweet, the superstar artist got her fans riled up on Thursday night (Oct. 24).
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Rile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rile. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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