riled
Example Sentences
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Earlier this month, the 56-year-old riled up New Zealand's business community after a speech calling on small business owners to "be adult".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
After Meta said it was developing battlefield technology for American soldiers, Bosworth joined the Army Reserve, a move he acknowledged riled some colleagues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
I’ve been meeting quite a lot of millennials and younger people on promo these past few days, and they’re riled.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Or you can get riled up with impatience, jealousy and/or dismay with a self-confessed couple who has everything, including $6 million set aside for retirement, and still want advice.
From MarketWatch ● May 13, 2026
I don’t know what it was ’bout this critter that riled me so, ’cause when you holt it up next to other animals, there ain’t that much that’s spec-tac-a-lar ’bout it.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
