bedeviled
Example Sentences
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Tolo hopes to build a baseline picture of her health: She’s young and in the prime of her reproductive years, but her periods are characterized by severe pain that has long bedeviled her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
He was stepping up to the plate to run against Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who has long bedeviled Democrats.
From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026
The challenge of basing a long novel on a villain appears to have bedeviled Mr. Mahajan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
No one is predicting the same type that bedeviled the economy during the 1970s, but the signs of a problem are there all the same.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
To them, any bird of prey must be harassed, but goshawks must be unmercifully bedeviled.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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