"Rile" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Rile" Meaning

To goad or provoke someone into an angry or excited response.

Example: "The provocative comment was meant to rile the politician and get a reaction."

Also, to make (hair) into a tangled mass.

Example: "After playing with her hair all day, she had to spend 20 minutes untangling it to get it to stop riling."

"Rile" Examples

Examples of the word "rile" in a sentence:

The salesman tried to rile up the crowd with his enthusiastic pitch to buy the latest gadgets on sale.
Her constant nagging began to rile her husband, who eventually lost his temper.
The activists aimed to rile opposition against the new city proposal with a surprise protest.
The politician's inflammatory speech was intended to rile the crowd against his opponents.
The technical difficulties in the system started to rile the passengers on the delayed flight.