Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deviled
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Parmesan, finely grated (about 1½ cups).—
Chris Morocco,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Everything grated is trapped inside the box grater and can be lifted (still on its side) from the counter to a bowl.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
27 Jan. 2026
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The lengthy posts are the latest development in the long-standing family feud that has gnawed away at the Beckhams’ attempts to project a perfect family life.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
20 Jan. 2026
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That’s gnawed-on, as in rodents.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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Essie Davis plays Amelia, who struggles to raise her 6-year-old son, Sam (Noah Wiseman), as he's tormented by the titular humanoid storybook monster.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Jan. 2026
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Bishop is clearly still tormented by his role in convicting the men.—
Beandrea July,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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For a long time your political cartoons published in the editorial pages have irritated me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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The song, which reclaims a derogatory term for Venezuelan female migrants, was interpreted as defiant and irritated the Venezuelan president, then facing widespread reports of electoral fraud.—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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Mattarella condemned the complicity of ordinary Italians in the fascist-era racial laws, which persecuted Italy’s Jewish community, and deportation of its Jews.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Kurds have been marginalized, persecuted and slaughtered by the likes of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and before those states existed, the Ottoman Empire.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2026
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After the game, head coach Doc Rivers confirmed to reporters that Antetokounmpo aggravated the calf injury which sidelined him for three-plus weeks in December.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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Cucul-Bol was sentenced to 30 years in prison after accepting a plea deal for charges including leaving the scene of a crash resulting in death, aggravated DUI resulting in death and reckless homicide.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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But it may also be remembered as the moment where Europe broke away from the United States, exasperated by a world run solely by hard American power at the whims of an ever imperial presidency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Jack was exasperated, infuriated and embarrassed, while Dorothy tried desperately to save him.—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
26 Dec. 2025
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The acrimony that bedeviled so many bands that NOFX avoided for 40 years had finally caught up with them.—
Jim Ruland,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps in Iran, which has been engulfed by mass protests, leading the president to threaten action against an oppressive regime that has bedeviled the United States for nearly half a century.—
Jonathan Lemire,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Deviled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviled. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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