bedevil
verb (used with object)
to torment or harass maliciously or diabolically, as with doubts, distractions, or worries.
was bedeviling
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past progressiveof bedevil.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She had been in and out of the emergency room, her doctor said she might have to get a colostomy bag, and depression was bedeviling her day by day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
Over coffee in the club’s sunny dining room overlooking the links, Lewandowski and Hicks joked about the “toxic infighting” that some media outlets had claimed was bedeviling the campaign.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2016
Fortunately for Ike, and perhaps for the nation, was the fact that he could stay relatively relaxed about the one problem that was bedeviling most other elected officials: getting re-elected in 1960.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suzanne was bedeviling him by her support and communications.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
