bedevil

[US]/bɪ'dev(ə)l/
[UK]/bɪ'dɛvl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. torment; torture; afflict.

Example Sentences

He is bedeviled by his mistaken ideas.

As you progress along the path of the fey beguiler, you learn an array of methods to move around unseen while bedeviling your foes.

The team was bedeviled by injuries throughout the season.

The company was bedeviled by financial troubles for years.

Her plans were bedeviled by unexpected obstacles.

The investigation was bedeviled by conflicting testimonies.

His mind was bedeviled by doubts and uncertainties.

The project was bedeviled by constant delays.

The negotiations were bedeviled by disagreements on key issues.

Her performance was bedeviled by technical difficulties.

The city was bedeviled by a series of power outages.

The team was bedeviled by a lack of communication among members.

Real-world Examples

Domestic woes bedevil the French president, Emmanuel Macron.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

This polarisation is Mrs May's legacy-and it will bedevil her successor.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It argues that a lack of time and resources bedevils these unfortunate souls everywhere.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And most of the book is devoted to problems that bedevil all industries and companies.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The editors should have known better—ambiguous phrases in sacred texts often bedevil Americans.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

It's a small sign of progress on the humanitarian front, an issue that's bedeviled faltering peace talks in Geneva.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation April 2016

Negotiators from the EU and Britain are grappling with a bedeviled issue of the border on the island of Ireland.

Source: BBC Listening Collection October 2019

If I were not a computer scientist, I'd be a biologist, because taking the analog world of biology to the digital world, means answers that have bedeviled humanity for a thousand years.

Source: Stanford Open Course: Negotiation Skills

There's not the endless challenges and questions about issues related to jurisdiction, issues related to attorney client privileges, issues related to what kinds of evidence comes in, that bedeviled the military commissions since their start, said Daskal.

Source: VOA Standard October 2013 Collection

If so, perhaps they could pay less slavish attention to two forces that had bedevilled them in the past: namely, the global price of capital, which is dictated by the Fed, and that of commodities.

Source: Economist Finance and economics

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