bedevil
verb (used with object)
to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
has been bedeviling
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present perfect progressiveof bedevil (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The issue has been bedeviling local officials for decades.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
Or "a boneless wonder" The labor unrest that has been bedeviling Britain continued to possess the country last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every Dictator bedevils his people with improvements and in Nanking shrill, wasp-waisted Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has been bedeviling Chinese schoolgirls into skirts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The outlook is clouded by the other huge deficit that has been bedeviling the economy: the $200 billion federal budget shortfall.
From Time Magazine Archive
