Sentence example with the word 'revile'

revile

abuse, bespatter, chew out, dig at, flout, jaw, pooh, rank out, slap at, sully, tongue-lash, yelp at

Last update: September 27, 2015


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He was avoided by all who feared that he would revile and abuse them if they displeased him.   [verb]

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His boss always reviles at corruption.   [verb]

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But Nef'i could revile as well as praise, and such was the bitterness of some of his satires that certain influential personages who came under his lash induced Murad IV.   [verb]

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But his dilemma on this point led him into further doubts, and he was eventually induced to revile his whole career and the Reformation.   [verb]

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Ever reviled, accursed, ne'er understood, Thou art the grisly terror of our age.'   [verb]

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Oldbuck forgave the blasphemy which reviled the memory of King William.   [verb]

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If you are not in trouble, he will revile and stone you; if in trouble, he will commiserate and assist.   [verb]

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For this act he was reviled by his companions.   [Please select]

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Not waiting for them to speak, he began to revile them.   [Please select]

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It simply amused him to rail at and revile one of his best friends.   [Please select]

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