How to Use revolt in a Sentence

revolt

1 of 2 verb
  • The group threatened to revolt.
  • All the violence revolted me.
  • Will people revolt down the line?
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • The thought of kissing the cloth is revolting.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The awards can also prompt investors to revolt.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There are blood stains in the bathroom, a revolting mess in the toilet.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Others revolted against mask-wearing and caused a ruckus in the air.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 2 May 2026
  • That won't feel so good when the machines do finally revolt!
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Feb. 2026
  • When you're steadily pushed, of course people are going to revolt.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2020
  • In the past, this has given some members the power to revolt and even hold parts of the site hostage.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 13 July 2018
  • Eat too much, and your gut may revolt, sending you to the roadside (or trailside) privy.
    — Patrick Wilson, Outside Online, 24 July 2020
  • There was not yet a capitalism to revolt against.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Slaveholders were on constant alert that their slaves would revolt.
    — Mariana Rivas, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Then there’s the chance that readers who cherish the original works will revolt.
    — Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But many cities, some of which could have local sales tax hit more than 11%, are revolting on the plan.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • While some welcomed the update with open arms, other users revolted.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • While some welcomed the update with open arms, other users revolted.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • These people revolt against their Earthly overlords in favor of loose self-rule.
    — Sarah Scoles, Wired, 12 Dec. 2019
  • All of that fat, spice, veggies, and cream would revolt on race day, when bathroom stops are scarce—and toilet paper is even scarcer.
    — Jamilee Hoglind, Outside, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The fans had never revolted loudly.
    — Michael Walker, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Some students revolt, upset about the morality of looking for a crime with no real cause.
    — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 15 June 2020
  • The fanbase, the ownership and the clubhouse would all have revolted.
    — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 31 July 2019
  • When the insurgents become the establishment, those who helped put them there are bound to revolt.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2022
  • One of the most devoted fan bases in professional sports would have revolted.
    — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In the end, the measure predictably fell flat in the Senate, and the right wing still revolted over spending.
    — Annie Karni, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But fans revolted when this reboot hinged on a Piggy/Kermit break-up.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Congress, having discovered some spine, should revolt at this blatant self-dealing as well.
    — Austin Elias-De Jesus, New Yorker, 3 June 2026
  • Economies have been destabilized by too much of it, and populations have revolted from too little of it.
    — Wsj Books Staff, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The mother-daughter exchange at the end is, as Purdum writes, revolting.
    — Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 8 July 2018
  • Officials reviewed the play and upheld the ruling on the field, causing fans to revolt against the referees.
    — Mike Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2022

revolt

2 of 2 noun
  • The leader of the group called for revolt.
  • The peasants' revolt was crushed by the king.
  • Consumers are in revolt against high prices.
  • And that was kind of part of the - the theme of his - of his revolt.
    — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • France is in a constant state of revolt.
    — Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Across the nation, states are in revolt.
    — Darius Tahir, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Across the nation, states are in revolt.
    — Darius Tahir, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
  • On the first day of the revolt, the rebels burned down sixteen sugar mills.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Trump is facing something of a revolt at home.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
  • That could show up as a bond market revolt with spiking longer-term yields.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The time of cherries, of youthful revolt, was not far away from a time of fear.
    — Colm Tóibín, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Though maybe there will be an audience revolt.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • The House was forced to scrap the rest of the votes scheduled for the day over the revolt.
    — Joe Locascio, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • This was not a revolt driven by the literate few.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • But women were present in the networks that enabled the revolt.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The prospects for a popular revolt in Iran seem dim, at least in the short term.
    — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The fiercest tax revolts are brewing at the local level.
    — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And it’s believed to be one of the largest, or the largest, slave revolt that happened in this country.
    — JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2025
  • There are now so many in revolt, and the numbers offer a sort of protection.
    — Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • However, the women held there stole as many as eight rifles from guards to arm the revolt.
    — Chad S.a. Gibbs, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Not everyone admired the tenor of the revolt.
    — Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Many leaders would have resisted such a revolt.
    — Bill Fischer, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • The region also saw a series of mass revolts against slavery.
    — Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • When did the-- when did the uprisings, when did the revolt in the street happen in Iran?
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • The student revolt isn’t a death sentence for this woman-only school.
    — The Editors, National Review, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Somewhere between the airport and the hotel, your gut stages a revolt.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
  • Somewhere between the airport and the hotel, your gut stages a revolt.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
  • His movie was a swank metaphorical concoction about flesh in revolt.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Some people are trying to paint the picture that this is the beginning of a revolt.
    — Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2025
  • For almost two years, in a small corner of the internet, a kind of revolt has been brewing.
    — Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023

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