revolted

Example Sentences

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For the past few years, food companies raised prices so aggressively that shoppers revolted, trading down to store brands and buying less.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

No longer able to afford the staple of their diet, the Egyptian people revolted.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

I read it again and again until my body revolted.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

That role was played by now-dead sites like CGHub, a platform Zhang helped to build, and successors like ArtStation, whose users have also revolted against its A.I. policies.

From Slate • May 16, 2024

I shuddered as I bent over to touch him, and every sense in me revolted at the contact; but I had to search, or I was lost.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker