bedevil
verb (used with object)
to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
have bedevilled
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present perfectof bedevil.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He needs to dispel concerns about his age and mental alacrity and avoid the kind of verbal stumbles that have bedevilled him in the past.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2020
Financial problems, overcrowding and corruption have bedevilled efforts to open an Apac in Rio.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 2, 2018
It’s not just the emergence of health-conscious consumers and new distribution channels that have bedevilled Big Soda.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2014
And what of the nerves that have bedevilled him here in the past?
From The Guardian ● Jun. 26, 2012
All the animals which men have bedevilled in their own image—and which have bedevilled men in return.
From When We Dead Awaken by William Archer
