ridden

adjective

rid·den ˈri-dᵊn

Synonyms of ridden next

: harassed, oppressed, or obsessed by

—usually used in combination

guilt-ridden

debt-ridden

: excessively full of or supplied with

—usually used in combination

slum-ridden

Examples of ridden in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Cities tend to be more ridden with criminal gangs than are country villages. —

George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2023 China’s role in the breakthrough shook up dynamics in a conflict-ridden region where the United States has been the main mediator for decades. —

Reuters, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023 The 52-year-old Mizner, then at the height of his fame and wealth, turned to a basically deserted stretch of land with loads of scrub and mosquito-ridden ponds, home to Finnish settlers, mostly farmers, and a few Seminoles. —

John Dolen, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023 Lab faucets at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore run with rust-ridden water, according to UMES President Heidi Anderson. —

Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 13 Mar. 2023 Cooper realizes that Red is living in the cobweb-ridden building, but this concerning development is set aside once Red brings up Panabaker. —

Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2023 It was filmed in New York, just as the city was descending into a period of particularly vice-ridden dysfunction. —

Brent Lang, Variety, 8 Mar. 2023 Resurrecting the tomfoolery of Dogberry (Wesley Mann), the doddering, malaprop-ridden constable of the town, and his bungling associates, is a herculean challenge. —

Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2023 The National Park Service’s legislative provision created a problem: All the Pentagon had were its old, error-ridden records, without the Barkers’ corrections. —

Dave Philipps, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023 See More

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