How to Use rile in a Sentence
rile
verb
- Her comments riled the professor.
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The sight of it was enough to rile up Stranger Things fans.
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Jacqueline Saguin,
Good Housekeeping,
3 Sep. 2022
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But her policies and practices riled some of the rank and file.
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Caleb Downs,
San Antonio Express-News,
26 Apr. 2018
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By the end of the half, the rookie was visibly riled up, due for a big half.
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Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2024
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Some drew boos from the crowd, some got him riled, but a lot of them were just a little stale.
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Rick Klein
and,
ABC News,
26 Feb. 2020
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Playing all of this up riles the fans and keeps the machine turning.
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Irina Aleksander,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2024
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This isn’t so much an album that would rile you to the point of turning it off.
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Amy Haneline,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2020
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The build-up to the choice was heavy as Cowboys legend Drew Pearson riled up the crowd from the stage.
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Peter Dawson,
star-telegram,
26 Apr. 2018
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The build-up to the choice was heavy as Cowboys' legend Drew Pearson riled up the crowd from the stage.
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Peter Dawson,
star-telegram,
26 Apr. 2018
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As usual in such stories, the blame doesn’t fall on a riled up Olympian.
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Wired,
9 Oct. 2019
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There’s something about these games that rile up the players and fan bases.
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Victor Aquino,
The Mercury News,
25 Aug. 2019
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Few things rile an online crowd like a mistake in The New York Times.
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Asaf Shalev,
sun-sentinel.com,
8 June 2021
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But Trump knows that talking point will rile up his base.
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refinery29.com,
8 Oct. 2020
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On the road, fans in The Zoo were riled up by another coach willing to take shots at the Buffs.
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Tyler R. Tynes,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Sep. 2023
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One Day at a Time was canceled by Netflix this year in a move that seemed to deeply rile the fans.
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Nick Romano,
EW.com,
11 Dec. 2019
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All that’s missing is a spark that will rile the people and elites and move them to take action.
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Alexander Motyl,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2022
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Trump uses fear about the border to rile up his base — which Schumer and Pelosi were quick to call out.
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Tara Golshan,
Vox,
11 Dec. 2018
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The point is that is that that's what he is keeps trying to rile everything up.
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Usa Today Staff,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2020
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Scott is known to rile up his crowds, which has lead to past legal troubles.
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Washington Post,
8 Nov. 2021
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In this case, the bait caused a stir in the sharks, similar to how catnip riles up felines.
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Jack Tamisiea,
Scientific American,
26 July 2023
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Maybe, at the end of the day, this is nature’s most important job: to rile up our atoms and blast us full of life.
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Emily Pennington,
Outside Online,
8 July 2021
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Just before she was subbed out for good, Clark cupped her hand to her ear to rile up her fans once more.
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Dave Campbell,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2023
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His aim is to suppress their turnout while riling up his base.
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Noga Tarnopolsky,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Sep. 2019
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Be cautious of taking on too much while Mars riles up Jupiter.
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USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2024
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The winds riled up hordes of bees and wasps, whose angry stings filled emergency rooms.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Aug. 2023
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Not surprisingly, the move has fans of TCM all riled up.
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oregonlive,
13 Oct. 2019
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The social media post is not the first to rile users after last week's school shooting.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
6 Dec. 2021
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Then, a white man in a blue T-shirt appeared to rile the crowd, according to video obtained by KOB4.
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Katie Shepherd,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 June 2020
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And a lot of blue-state fans get really riled up over Housewives who are Trump supporters.
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Rebecca Keegan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Aug. 2024
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That latter part is what has Elijah's advocates all riled up.
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Tresa Baldas,
Detroit Free Press,
11 Sep. 2024
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