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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Columbus saw hundreds of complaints filed to its reporting system, and the response in St. Louis had residents so riled that snow removal became a hot topic on the mayor's campaign trail.
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Now, President Trump’s drive for mass deportations of migrants is riling the streets of Los Angeles, college campuses, even churches — and fueling a global rethinking about the virtues and promise of coming to America.
—Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
In this case, the AI Overview error could rile up Airbus, which probably doesn't want to be mentioned at all in this context.
—ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
Nothing riles him up like losing to China and looking like a chump, especially since he's already publicly committed to being the first to get to Mars.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Now, President Trump’s drive for mass deportations of migrants is riling the streets of Los Angeles, college campuses, even churches — and fueling a global rethinking about the virtues and promise of coming to America.
—Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
In this case, the AI Overview error could rile up Airbus, which probably doesn't want to be mentioned at all in this context.
—ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
Nothing riles him up like losing to China and looking like a chump, especially since he's already publicly committed to being the first to get to Mars.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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