- 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
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
“We mustn’t be afraid of people reviling us, mustn’t be afraid of them saying we have a bad reputation, mustn’t be afraid of international reaction,” Mr. Li quoted Mr. Deng as saying on April 25.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2014
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
Sober argument you may answer, but indecent reviling you cannot, and therefore the law steps in and punishes it.
From The History Of The Last Trial By Jury For Atheism In England A Fragment of Autobiography Submitted for the Perusal of Her Majesty's Attorney-General and the British Clergy by George Jacob Holyoake
