REVILE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for REVILE, such as:
1. He is probably the most reviled man in contemporary theatre.
2. And yet he felt that, however he might revile and mock her image, his anger was also a form of homage.
3. When he saw Eumaeus and Ulysses he reviled them with outrageous and unseemly language, which made Ulysses very angry.
4. He came so unexpectedly that none of us knew him, not even the older ones among us, and we reviled him and threw things at him.
2. And yet he felt that, however he might revile and mock her image, his anger was also a form of homage.
3. When he saw Eumaeus and Ulysses he reviled them with outrageous and unseemly language, which made Ulysses very angry.
4. He came so unexpectedly that none of us knew him, not even the older ones among us, and we reviled him and threw things at him.
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Meanings and Examples of REVILE
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revile
v. spread negative information about
Classic Sentence:
1 And yet he felt that, however he might revile and mock her image, his anger was also a form of homage.
2 Then Euryalus reviled him outright and said, "I gather, then, that you are unskilled in any of the many sports that men generally delight in."
3 When he saw Eumaeus and Ulysses he reviled them with outrageous and unseemly language, which made Ulysses very angry.
4 He came so unexpectedly that none of us knew him, not even the older ones among us, and we reviled him and threw things at him.
5 The poor, as we have already said, whom she sought out to be the objects of her bounty, often reviled the hand that was stretched forth to succour them.
Example Sentence:
1 Though most of his contemporaries revile Captain Kidd as a notorious, bloody-handed pirate, some of his fellow merchant-captains believe him innocent of his alleged crimes.
2 He is probably the most reviled man in contemporary theatre.