- present participle of revile.
reviling
Example Sentences
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While the original XFL made a show of reviling the stodgy NFL, this iteration embraces its status as an aspirant upstart.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2020
Caliphate intellectuals are united in reviling the Islamic State, but beyond that, their projections of the future vary widely.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2018
Which is to say that he can never escape that St. Louis comic or that reviling mother or Aunt Fritzi or “Haim Afen Range” or, for that matter, Joel Katz.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2016
Their purpose in reviling Grass as a Nazi and anti-Semite is precisely to silence anyone who might even consider following his lead.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2012
Mrs. Codling could not forgive her lord for ruining her, and took to reviling the poor wretch early and late.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone
