railed

Definition of railednext
past tense of rail

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for railed
Verb
  • In Watsonville, a Pajaro Valley school board member publicly ranted against the Jewish community, and at a Berkeley Unified school board meeting, a mother reporting Jewish slurs was mocked, and subsequently her job information was posted online, the suit states.
    City News Service, Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • For several minutes, Nathan ranted about the conditions in the jail.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.
    Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The spiny, long-legged, and often reviled cockroach has become an unlikely symbol of dissent among India’s Gen Z, in a sharp rebuke to the ruling establishment in the world’s largest democracy.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 May 2026
  • This is a story of such epic scale, yet of such personal and internal conflict, of a man who saved millions of lives, becoming both worshiped as a God and reviled as the devil.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2026
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“Railed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/railed. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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