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roil
verb as in irritate
Example Sentences
The revelations roiled the university system, sparking internal and independent investigations into campus policy over how complaints are handled.
Some of the turmoil roiling the national organization is mirrored in its California advocacy arm.
The developments bring the fight over America’s higher education institutions — which has roiled elite private East Coast universities for months — to the nation’s most powerful and lauded public university system.
More recently, the local scene has also been roiled by the January wildfires, which torched several restaurants, caused some to temporarily close and displaced workers.
Awkward humor is the skeleton under its prestige nightmare surface, even as it’s wonderfully, heartbreakingly tragic to watch our leads roil to melt together like mozzarella.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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