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Example sentences for "reviles"

Lexicographically close words:
reviewing; reviews; revile; reviled; revilers; reviling; revilings; revisal; revise; revised
  1. Remember, it is not he that strikes or he that reviles that doth any man an injury, but the opinion about these things, that they are injurious.

  2. And he who now reviles another, and afterwards reveres him?

  3. On learning her son has ventured out to sea, she wrings her hands, and reviles the nurse who abetted his departure until this wise woman advises her rather to pray for her son's safe return!

  4. Not only does he protest he will never supplant his senior, but reviles his mother for having compelled her husband to drive Rama into exile.

  5. She also reviles me in public and in private.

  6. At ploughing time he continually encroaches upon his neighbours' lands, and if they question him on the matter his mouth pours forth a torrent of evil words and he reviles them without ceasing.

  7. In the course of his statement he said: "Whenever I demand the money from him he reviles me.

  8. He likewise exhibits a larger amount of practical justice than Plato; he never reviles or belittles those men whom he dislikes or who have in any way injured him in the course of his life.

  9. For they easily suffer it, knowing well that when one reviles another, he reviles him not with intent to injure him; and when one threatens another, he threatens not with design to do him any harm.

  10. Whoever receiveth you receiveth me;" and on the other hand, "Whoever reviles you reviles me.

  11. He reviles the saints and the souls of the departed.

  12. He curses and reviles the saints and the souls of the departed.

  13. An indignant female reader, who reviles all the gentlemen in her neighbourhood because they don't take the ladies out.

  14. Him Prometheus reviles with opprobrious epithets, calling him a lackey of the Gods, and refuses to disclose anything concerning the matter on which he questions him.

  15. Then each of the twain reviles the master of the other: "He!

  16. Rome stuffs its ears when it hears thee; the world reviles thee.

  17. Zenobia, the stronger character, reviles her husband for indulging in sickly fancies and strives to embolden him: "Like a child you run from a mask you have yourself painted.

  18. Remember this--the enemy reviles Jehovah, And a foolish people despises Thy name.

  19. I will answer briefly: the prince reviles the gods.

  20. This young man reviles the gods and miracles; he enters foreign temples, he excites the men to rebellion.

  21. Creusa flees to the altar, pursued by Ion who reviles her for her deed.

  22. She reviles Andromache as a slave with no Hector near and commands her to quit sanctuary.

  23. On this account the husbandman reviles the gods; [and so do] the sailor, the merchant, or those who have lost wife or child.

  24. It is reported of the Prophet that he said, "Unbelief runs in a man, as the blood runs in the veins, when he reviles the world and Time and night and the hour.

  25. He Reviles Destiny and Climbs a Wall But now the spring was come again, and, as always at this season, I was pricked with vague longings to have done with roofs and paven places.

  26. It is for this reason that the cultivator of the earth reviles the gods, for this reason the sailor does, and the merchant, and for this reason those who lose their wives and their children.

  27. Remember that it is not he who reviles you or strikes you, who insults you, but it is your opinion about these things as being insulting.

  28. If you proceed then from these opinions, you will be mild in temper to him who reviles you; for say on each occasion, It seemed so to him.

  29. If a man reviles the Schoeffen after they have given a decision, he shall pay each of them the regular fine, that is, thirty shillings, and also pay the judge his regular fine.

  30. If anyone reviles another without cause, he shall pay ten pounds for the injury and ten pounds to the judge as a fine.


  31. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reviles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.