bedevil
verb (used with object)
to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
are bedeviling
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present progressiveof bedevil.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"But they will soon be bumping against the external problems that are bedeviling the industry."
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Some problems Smucker is facing are bedeviling other food makers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Job vacancies are bedeviling countless industries, not least health care, where employers are at wits’ end trying to fill nursing and other critical jobs.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 7, 2022
In nearly every episode the ladies gather at a restaurant to dissect whatever issues are bedeviling them that week, a device "Sex and the City" employed with enough success to make brunch and cosmopolitans fashionable.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2022
Labor shortages also are bedeviling the industry, which has struggled to fill jobs in production hubs like northern Indiana, where Thor is based.
From Reuters ● Dec. 14, 2021
