How to Use enrage in a Sentence
enrage
verb- People were enraged by the decision.
- His thoughtless behavior enraged us.
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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 -
Their parents grew enraged when the group returned with food the friend had bought for the two children.
— Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, OregonLive.com, 8 Apr. 2018 -
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 -
Celebrities were enraged, petitions were signed and Snap’s share price dropped at the time.
— Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018 -
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 -
Rajoy’s base in the rest of Spain would be enraged by anything that looks like a concession to the Catalans.
— Bloomberg.com, 12 Feb. 2018 -
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 -
Fans would have been enraged, but the impact and implications of that death would have been huge.
— Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 -
They would be totally enraged by my point of view, and would become crazed with anger.
— Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024 -
Sal, still enraged at how Oz murdered his wife and son in Episode 5, begins to beat Oz savagely with a golf club.
— Joe Otterson, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 -
But Bevilaqua will have none of it — he’s enraged to learn that Ming planted the car bomb that sent him and Dwight to their battle stations, and blames Thresher for dragging them into the war.
— Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
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