revile

Example Sentences

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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

You might not like him, maybe you revile him, but Doc Rivers is the right coach to replace Frank Vogel, writes L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2022

We can dislike her, but we are never permitted to revile her.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

“No, no. We revile Anastasia. We like Antonia, the other blonde,” Mom explained.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green