riled; riling
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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Every time one of those comments riles you up, pull up a photo album from a recent trip and remind yourself that some people just talk about plans (or type about them), and some people do them.
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R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
This description riled up many of those who prefer to view Trump as a cartoon villain (the kind who twirls his mustache while plotting global domination).
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
In the early days of his presidency, Lai carefully avoided riling Beijing unnecessarily.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
The second baseman claimed that Bacon said some things that ultimately riled him up, but Chisholm declined to elaborate.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
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R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
This description riled up many of those who prefer to view Trump as a cartoon villain (the kind who twirls his mustache while plotting global domination).
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
In the early days of his presidency, Lai carefully avoided riling Beijing unnecessarily.
—Ian Bremmer, Time, 26 Apr. 2025
The second baseman claimed that Bacon said some things that ultimately riled him up, but Chisholm declined to elaborate.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rile
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“Rile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rile. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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