How do you use Bedevil in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like torment or plague, plus the exact meaning.
Bedevil in a sentence
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Bedevil meaning
- To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
- To perplex or bewilder.
- To possess (someone's mind).
Synonyms of Bedevil
Using Bedevil
- The main meaning on this page is: To harass or cause trouble for; to plague. | To perplex or bewilder. | To possess (someone's mind).
- Useful related words include: torment, plague, beset, chevvy.
Context around Bedevil
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bedevil
- In this selection, "bedevil" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, unemployment and teachers stand out and add context to how "bedevil" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include events might bedevil your mind and of unemployment bedevil the country. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bedevil" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bedevil
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Upcoming events might bedevil your mind. (6 words)
The probe should delve beyond exams and seek to come up with lasting solutions to many other problems that bedevil teachers training colleges including funding, infrastructure and staffing, among others. (30 words)
Though, the government policies can not address the free fall of naira, inflation and high rate of unemployment bedevil the country,it will further polarise the country along ethnic, religious and regional fault lines. (34 words)
Though, the government policies can not address the free fall of naira, inflation and high rate of unemployment bedevil the country,it will further polarise the country along ethnic, religious and regional fault lines. (34 words)
The probe should delve beyond exams and seek to come up with lasting solutions to many other problems that bedevil teachers training colleges including funding, infrastructure and staffing, among others. (30 words)
Upcoming events might bedevil your mind. (6 words)
Example sentences (3)
Though, the government policies can not address the free fall of naira, inflation and high rate of unemployment bedevil the country,it will further polarise the country along ethnic, religious and regional fault lines.
Upcoming events might bedevil your mind.
The probe should delve beyond exams and seek to come up with lasting solutions to many other problems that bedevil teachers training colleges including funding, infrastructure and staffing, among others.