How to Use rile in a Sentence

rile

verb

• Her comments riled the professor.
• The sight of it was enough to rile up Stranger Things fans.
  — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 3 Sep. 2022
• But her policies and practices riled some of the rank and file.
  — Caleb Downs, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
• By the end of the half, the rookie was visibly riled up, due for a big half.
  — Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
• Some drew boos from the crowd, some got him riled, but a lot of them were just a little stale.
  — Rick Klein and, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2020
• Playing all of this up riles the fans and keeps the machine turning.
  — Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
• This isn’t so much an album that would rile you to the point of turning it off.
  — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2020
• The build-up to the choice was heavy as Cowboys legend Drew Pearson riled up the crowd from the stage.
  — Peter Dawson, star-telegram, 26 Apr. 2018
• As usual in such stories, the blame doesn’t fall on a riled up Olympian.
  — Wired, 9 Oct. 2019
• There’s something about these games that rile up the players and fan bases.
  — Victor Aquino, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
• Few things rile an online crowd like a mistake in The New York Times.
  — Asaf Shalev, sun-sentinel.com, 8 June 2021
• But Trump knows that talking point will rile up his base.
  — refinery29.com, 8 Oct. 2020
• On the road, fans in The Zoo were riled up by another coach willing to take shots at the Buffs.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• One Day at a Time was canceled by Netflix this year in a move that seemed to deeply rile the fans.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• All that’s missing is a spark that will rile the people and elites and move them to take action.
  — Alexander Motyl, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2022
• Trump uses fear about the border to rile up his base — which Schumer and Pelosi were quick to call out.
  — Tara Golshan, Vox, 11 Dec. 2018
• The point is that is that that's what he is keeps trying to rile everything up.
  — Usa Today Staff, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2020
• Scott is known to rile up his crowds, which has lead to past legal troubles.
  — Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
• In this case, the bait caused a stir in the sharks, similar to how catnip riles up felines.
  — Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 26 July 2023
• Maybe, at the end of the day, this is nature’s most important job: to rile up our atoms and blast us full of life.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 8 July 2021
• Just before she was subbed out for good, Clark cupped her hand to her ear to rile up her fans once more.
  — Dave Campbell, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
• His aim is to suppress their turnout while riling up his base.
  — Noga Tarnopolsky, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2019
• Be cautious of taking on too much while Mars riles up Jupiter.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2024
• The winds riled up hordes of bees and wasps, whose angry stings filled emergency rooms.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
• Not surprisingly, the move has fans of TCM all riled up.
  — oregonlive, 13 Oct. 2019
• The social media post is not the first to rile users after last week's school shooting.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2021
• Then, a white man in a blue T-shirt appeared to rile the crowd, according to video obtained by KOB4.
  — Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News, 16 June 2020
• As Champagne and vodka flowed, Rodgers riled up the crowd with a selection of hits.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
• The Capricorn moon riles up impatience around just deserves.
  — USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
• That latter part is what has Elijah's advocates all riled up.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024