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
When Paul and Gaz confront Dee, Taylor’s response is so cowardly that it’s pathetic, suggesting a spinelessness that bedeviled him long before he wound up in jail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Especially moving in “Neptune’s Fortune” is the insight and empathy Mr. Sancton brings to his consideration of the book’s bedeviled but oddly gallant protagonist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
It is a piece of information that has bedeviled me since I read it 10 years ago, as I could never quite figure out where and how it fit into the timing of events.
From Slate ● Dec. 1, 2025
The questions of the physical location of the Museum, as well as its layout and exact relationship to the Library, have long bedeviled experts.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
