How to Use revile in a Sentence

revile

verb
Definition of revilenext
Synonyms for revilenext
  • Many people reviled him for his callous behavior.
  • He is reviled in San Diego and has been called a traitor by fans.
    — Todd Harmonson, Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2017
  • Whether beloved or reviled, the AR-15 is more than just a gun for much of the United States.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The site has been renowned and reviled for such lightning scoops.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Chardonnay — no grape on the planet is so revered and so reviled at the same time.
    — Dave Eckert, kansascity.com, 24 May 2017
  • Time to give more head space to those who revile him, and their reasons why.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 2 Jan. 2020
  • Worse, Trump has urged his followers to revile the rest of the country.
    — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 8 Aug. 2017
  • The Marine Corps quickly made fun of the attempt at cool, and the campaign came to be reviled in the Army as well.
    — Dave Philipps, The Seattle Times, 2 Jan. 2019
  • In his time, the Baptist preacher was reviled as much as he was loved.
    — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 4 Apr. 2018
  • In the end, mother! is a film certain to be revered by some and reviled by others.
    — Christopher Orr, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Tebow is too revered for his own good; Kaepernick is too reviled.
    — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 July 2017
  • The performance art of Hermann Nitsch, a man revered and reviled in equal measure, is not for the faint of heart.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 May 2017
  • The performance art of Hermann Nitsch, a man revered and reviled in equal measure, is not for the faint of heart.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • From a young age, they are taught to revile Jews and to embrace martyrdom.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 15 Aug. 2014
  • The purpose was to transform Coldplay, which was just about the most popular band in the world—and just about the most reviled, too.
    — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2018
  • He was beloved by people as much as he was reviled by people.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Many weeds are reviled for no good reason—blacklisted for a lack of good looks.
    — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, 28 July 2016
  • The franchise's devotees have reviled the property for half that time.
    — Matt Patches, Esquire, 4 May 2015
  • The scent is both revered and reviled for its powerful sillage—the trail a perfume leaves behind.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • She’s been both revered and reviled in her short but expanding career.
    — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
  • The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways.
    — Natalie Angier, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Few things are reviled in life quite like the middle seat—in fact, some hotels even offer upgrades to those who've been stuffed there en route.
    — Gilbert Ott, CNT, 19 July 2017
  • And that children as young as eight years old need to learn the shame and failure of their bodies, to prime them for a lifetime living in a world that reviles their shape.
    — Your Fat Friend, SELF, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Most people who revile Jerry Jones do it because of his dismissal of Tom Landry.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Glass was so reviled, the nickname for people wearing them was Glassholes.
    — Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Johnson is reviled by critics who brand him a racist and a serial liar, a man whose thirst for power knows no bounds.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 18 June 2019
  • They may be reviled as a scourge of urban living, but most of the world's cockroaches don't scurry anywhere near a city.
    — National Geographic, 26 May 2017
  • And true, it was mostly critically reviled at the time of its release.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2024
  • What more should Trump want than to be beloved (or at least not reviled) by a majority of Americans?
    — Dj Rosenthal, Baltimore Sun, 15 July 2024
  • His departure for Kentucky in 2009 turned him from adored to reviled — almost overnight.
    — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2017

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