Example sentences for: revolted

How can you use “revolted” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A highlight: After Post Editor Pete Hamill was fired in 1993, the staff revolted and published a protest issue mocking the new owner.

  • He then sent thousands of troops across the Pyrenees to subjugate the Spanish, who promptly revolted.

  • When the news staff heard about the revenue-sharing deal and revolted, Downing gave assurances that the Staples Center hadn't helped sell ads.

  • She was revolted by "that coarse familiarity, untampered by any show of respect, which is assumed by the grossest and the lowest in their intercourse with the highest and most refined."

  • When the mayor proposed a one-cent sales tax to shore up Little Rock's frayed budget, the city revolted.


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