as in bitterness
biting sharpness of feeling or expression
with considerable bile, the author recounts a childhood filled with misery and loneliness
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Recent Examples of bile
According to the Mayo Clinic, the disease begins in the slender tubes that carry digestive bile and is associated with symptoms like abdominal pain, fatigue, fever and night sweats.
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 2 May 2025
When there are no bile ducts left, bile builds up in the body, causing liver damage.
—Korin Miller, Flow Space, 23 Apr. 2025
Butter also has the potential to stimulate bile flow, which can get things moving.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
Turmeric may help stimulate bile, which supports digestion and helps get rid of waste from the body.
—Morgan Pearson, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2025
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Jordan Greene, People.com, 2 May 2025
When there are no bile ducts left, bile builds up in the body, causing liver damage.
—Korin Miller, Flow Space, 23 Apr. 2025
Butter also has the potential to stimulate bile flow, which can get things moving.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2025
Turmeric may help stimulate bile, which supports digestion and helps get rid of waste from the body.
—Morgan Pearson, Ms, Rd, Verywell Health, 23 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bile
Noun
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In addition, citizenship can be revoked if an individual commits certain actions, including treason, serving in a foreign military engaged in hostilities against the U.S., or renouncing citizenship.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Advertisement Yet Indo-Pak relations haven’t always been defined by hostility alone.—
Sam Dalrymple,
Time,
14 July 2025
Noun
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While relapse of multiple myeloma is regarded as inevitable, the timing and severity vary widely.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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But in the meantime, relatives could only guess the severity of the injury by observing the facial expressions of Nuggets personnel.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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Although the attacker may not feel the same level of vitriol, a hostile reception at the London Stadium on September 13 would surely await him.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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However, when the Philadelphia Eagles legend took to social media to celebrate, he was met with plenty of vitriol.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
5 July 2025
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Beneath the inevitable finger-pointing and politicizing, there is often a genuine, even desperate, human impulse to find fault not out of malice, but out of mourning and a desire to find solutions.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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To hunt a predator feels like an act of malice, of dominance, of ego.—
Helen Whybrow
July 7,
Literary Hub,
7 July 2025
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Though Trump is backing away from Putin in public, he’s never specifically projected anger about the paused weapons for Ukraine.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
9 July 2025
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His work showed that emotions like anger, fear, joy, and sadness appear on our faces in the same way across cultures.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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While VUMs require more testing to establish their true risks to public health, VOIs are explicitly confirmed to have genetic changes that affect virus characteristics like transmissibility and virulence.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
9 June 2025
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The results revealed that pla depletion decreases the virulence and increases the length of plague infections in mice.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
31 May 2025
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Do not follow the myths by trying to suck out the venom or cutting the wound or even using a tourniquet.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
11 July 2025
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Beyond dialing 911 and seeking medical attention, Starkey and the National Park Service recommend taking these actions in the aftermath of a rattler strike: Stop moving the limb where the bite occurred to limit the spread of the venom.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 July 2025
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“Bile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bile. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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