riled; riling
Examples of rile in a Sentence
Her comments riled the professor.
one sure way to rile me is to keep yelling for me
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In August, Brighton & Hove Albion’s Jan Paul van Hecke found out that riling up Haaland is not a tactic that works.
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Today, the University recruits students and VIPs (like NFL stars, Olympic athletes, and high-profile alumni) to lead the Two-Bits cheer and rile up the crowd, and it’s always done in the spirit of Florida pride with no ulterior financial motive, as Edmondson himself established.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
The locals, especially seniors and year-round residents, are riled up.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2025
The perpetrator is obviously deranged, but posts like Min’s might rile up and radicalize the next deranged person.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Today, the University recruits students and VIPs (like NFL stars, Olympic athletes, and high-profile alumni) to lead the Two-Bits cheer and rile up the crowd, and it’s always done in the spirit of Florida pride with no ulterior financial motive, as Edmondson himself established.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
The locals, especially seniors and year-round residents, are riled up.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2025
The perpetrator is obviously deranged, but posts like Min’s might rile up and radicalize the next deranged person.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rile
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“Rile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rile. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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