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Definition of "riddled" []

  • Damaged throughout by holes. (adjective)
  • Having (something) spread throughout, as if by an infestation. (adjective)
  • Simple past tense and past participle of riddle. (verb)

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Use "riddled" in a sentence
  • "That finding suggests loneliness might be triggering dementia through a novel mechanism — one that doesn't lead to a brain riddled with deposits, Wilson says."
  • "The price that is paid is that good men devoted to true American ideals get dragged down by a word riddled with corporate sell-outs, theocrats, loudmouths, and Nazis."
  • "Not only do this pair play it straight they also tend to ask questions in a manner the man in the street might and pull people up when they lapse into jargon riddled nonsense."