(v. t.) To render turbid or muddy; to stir up; to roil.
(v. t.) To stir up in feelings; to make angry; to vex.
Example Sentences:
(1) In fact, it soon became clear that if there was anything designed to get Tony really riled, it was talk of God.
(2) We are Protestant Christians, so by sending monks to chant sutras they were trying to get us riled up,” a member of one Zhejiang church told Radio Free Asia , a US-funded news website.
(3) Gui Minhai: the strange disappearance of a publisher who riled China's elite Read more Five Hong Kong booksellers – Gui Minhai, Lee Bo, Lui Bo, Cheung Ji-ping and Lam Wing-kei – who specialised in books criticising China’s Communist party elite have vanished since October.
(4) Francesco Totti has escaped with a spell on the naughty step for goading Lazio fans in the wake of Sunday's Rome derby, but has been fined €10,000 for each thumb he pointed down in a bid to rile them up.
(5) Golly; so riled is Abrams that he has committed a Hollywood solecism – you never tell anyone not to come.
(6) How Spurs craved someone similarly streetwise 7 Tottenham Hotspur Hugo Lloris Wrongfooted by deflections for both Chelsea goals, with the reality he did well to deny Cahill and Fàbregas scant consolation 6 Kyle Walker Eager to push on down the flank but exposed by Hazard’s slippery running and not tight enough to Costa at Chelsea’s second 5 Chelsea old guard triumph but Spurs academy talent point to future | David Hytner Read more Eric Dier Riled by Costa from the moment they clashed five minutes in.
(7) How it must rile politicians that, while only 18% of the public believe them to tell the truth , and just 34% of us believe business leaders, trade union officials are trusted by 41%.
(8) The benefits system is due for review again in 2013, with the prospect of another round of strikes if the government riles performers and technicians.
(9) George Osborne has riled his Liberal Democrat colleagues by trying to take the credit for the increase (so far) in the starting point for income tax from £6,475 to £10,000, a notably popular policy that has lifted about 2 million people out of income tax altogether.
(10) He made his points firmly, but was careful to avoid sounding riled.
(11) For socialists, taxation has a moral element and the suspicion the wealthy were “getting away with it” riled my father in a way it did not a pragmatic one-nation Tory like me.
(12) Instead, what often counts in politics is the spectacle of people being riled by this or that example of clumsy tinkering, particularly if any proposed change has some symbolic resonance.
(13) The couple's definition of success has riled some readers, revolving, as it does, around the bald data of income and education levels.
(14) But it never dared to, for fear that Hamdan's risqué music would rile Mubarak-era authorities.
(15) Varoufakis, the academic-turned-politician who has riled his eurozone counterparts, said he would not remain finance minister on Monday if Greece voted yes.
(16) But just try not to retaliate too aggressively or get too riled … Like I've said before: On the whole people are 'good', lets concentrate on that."
(17) Her presence at the parade – while an obvious indication of the political reconciliation she is attempting to achieve – is sure to rile supporters and critics, many of whom question her political integrity and increasing closeness with a group that quashed dissent for nearly 50 years and has been accused of committing genocide against ethnic Rohingya Muslims.
(18) Hayward, who riled Barack Obama by saying the amount of crude tipped into the Gulf of Mexico since the 20 April explosion was relatively "tiny" and that he "wanted his life back", even though 11 people died in the explosion, will be replaced by Bob Dudley , a BP veteran who is currently overseeing the clean-up of the oil spill.
(19) And she believes the distinctive paint job is a provocative gesture that has riled neighbours.
(20) Pellegrini, riled by Mourinho's dash across his box, hardly offered a vote of confidence in his later mumbled assessment.
Role
Definition:
(n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist.
Example Sentences:
(1) The role of the family practitioner in antenatal care is discussed.
(2) The high amino acid levels in the cells suggest that these cells act as inter-organ transporters and reservoirs of amino acids, they have a different role in their handling and metabolism from those of mammals.
(3) These results demonstrate that increased availability of galactose, a high-affinity substrate for the enzyme, leads to increased aldose reductase messenger RNA, which suggests a role for aldose reductase in sugar metabolism in the lens.
(4) In this study, the role of psychological make-up was assessed as a risk factor in the etiology of vasospasm in variant angina (VA) using the Cornell Medical Index (CMI).
(5) The role of Ca2+ in cell agglutination may be either to activate the cell-surface dextran receptor or to form specific intercellular Ca2+ bridges.
(6) The role of whole Mycobacteria, mycobacterial cell walls and waxes D as immunostimulants was well established many years ago.
(7) We have investigated a physiological role of endogenous insulin on exocrine pancreatic secretion stimulated by a liquid meal as well as exogenous secretin and cholecystokinin octapeptide (CCK-8) in conscious rats.
(8) The data indicate that ebselen is likely to be useful in the therapy of inflammatory conditions in which reactive oxygen species, such as peroxides, play an aetiological role.
(9) We have examined the insertion of bovine 17 alpha-hydroxylase (P45017 alpha) into the endoplasmic reticulum of COS 1 cells to evaluate the functional role of its hydrophobic amino-terminal sequence and membrane insertion.
(10) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
(11) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
(12) Although antihistamines are widely used for symptomatic treatment of seasonal (allergic) rhinitis, the role of histamines in the pathogenesis of infectious rhinitis is not clear.
(13) Because many wnt genes are also expressed in the lung, we have examined whether the wnt family member wnt-2 (irp) plays a role in lung development.
(14) As prolongation of the action potential by TEA facilitates preferentially the hormone release evoked by low (ineffective) frequencies, it is suggested that a frequency-dependent broadening of action potentials which reportedly occurs on neurosecretory neurones may play an important role in the frequency-dependent facilitation of hormone release from the rat neurohypophysis.
(15) The role of O2 free radicals in the reduction of sarcolemmal Na+-K+-ATPase, which occurs during reperfusion of ischemic heart, was examined in isolated guinea pig heart using exogenous scavengers of O2 radicals and an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
(16) A possible role for mitochondria in myocardial adenosine production is discussed.
(17) Further studies are required to elucidate specific roles of the steroid-induced proteins in the effects of glucocorticoids on HTM and HS cells.
(18) To clarify the functional roles of His40, Glu58, and His92, we analyzed the consequences of several amino acid substitutions (His40Ala, His40Lys, His40Asp, Glu58Ala, Glu58Gln, and His92Gln) on the kinetics of GpC transesterification.
(19) The manufacturers, British Aerospace describe it as a "single-seat, radar equipped, lightweight, multi-role combat aircraft, providing comprehensive air defence and ground attack capability".
(20) The presently available data allow us to draw the following conclusions: 1) G proteins play a mediatory role in the transmission of the signal(s) generated upon receptor occupancy that leads to the observed cytoskeletal changes.