How to Use enrage in a Sentence

enrage

verb

• People were enraged by the decision.
• His thoughtless behavior enraged us.
• Fans would have been enraged, but the impact and implications of that death would have been huge.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• Celebrities were enraged, petitions were signed and Snap’s share price dropped at the time.
  — Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
• Men who abuse women describe feeling enraged, with insecurity as a trigger.
  — Meagan Fredette, refinery29.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• At her boyfriend’s trial this week, the prosecution argued that Davenport was enraged that Hines was going to break up with him.
  — Mike Miller, PEOPLE.com, 9 May 2018
• Some Snoopy fans are enraged that an account dedicated to the beloved character is engaging with politics.
  — Saba Hamedy, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
• Others enraged by Bobba’s comments targeted the founders online — a response Liu has since condemned.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
• So why, when the fear of disappointing, enraging, or otherwise upsetting women is so strong, don’t men just make their expectations clear from the get-go?
  — Sophia Benoit, GQ, 3 May 2018
• This struck Neville as deeply strange — and enraged her even all the more.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• My father, enraged by the noise, stormed out of his room and pulled us apart.
  — Zito Madu, GQ, 26 June 2018
• This act never failed to enrage the servers or delight the cooks.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 12 June 2020
• These outrages against the Iceni and their queen enraged the people.
  — Richard Hingley, National Geographic, 22 Oct. 2019
• And that's not the only point that's likely to enrage fans.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2020
• As each day passed, the why of the deed was overwhelmed by the enraging question of how.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
• The news enraged Herrera, who went to his bedroom and stayed there most of the day, the report said.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 18 July 2019
• The heated rhetoric is meant to engage – and could enrage – his base.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
• The 65-year-old man became enraged at the size of the crack rocks, police reports say.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Some Ohioans were enraged that Foraker didn't do more to punish the White Caps.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
• Trap and Trace Steve was enraged that Utzig had been swindled, and offered to help.
  — WIRED, 26 July 2023
• And if that enrages Democrats and turns off moderates, so much the better.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 July 2018
• This keeps Trump's base enraged at the media and mistrusting of us.
  — Amira Rasool, Teen Vogue, 22 June 2018
• Johnson became enraged when Collins told him to leave, and the two argued.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 11 July 2019
• In some areas, enraged mobs have set upon trucks full of flour bags.
  — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• On the day of the shooting, Smith became enraged and started throwing things around the apartment.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• For months now, Trump has been enraged that these FBI officials have not been charged with crimes.
  — Author: Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
• At one point, the man spat on Ratzmann, which appeared to enrage the officer who grabbed the man's hair and pushed him into the squad.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Sep. 2020
• There are men who cannot stand to see a carefree woman — who are both enthralled and enraged by her.
  — Jerrine Tan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• But the more America achieves, the more hateful and enraged these crazy Democrats become.
  — Philip Rucker, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2019
• On July 30, enraged locals near the scene of the stabbing gathered to throw bricks and rocks at a local mosque.
  — Armani Syed, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024