revile
Example Sentences
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But amid the ruins near the turquoise waters of the Caribbean coast, the effort is colliding with ordinary Venezuelans who revile their government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026
Critics revile them for inflating housing costs, upending neighborhoods and contributing to the forces pushing locals and Native Hawaiians to leave Hawaii for less expensive states.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2024
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023
Situations like this are exactly why we rightly revile Rupert.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2023
Oh, a wife may revile such a man with every silent curse she knows.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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