How to Use irate in a Sentence

irate

adjective

• Irate viewers called the television network to complain about the show.
• The large, coiled-up snake was alone and stared into the lens, irate.
  — Gena Steffens, Smithsonian, 11 July 2019
• Don’t ask for something else – the chef is known to get irate.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
• An irate Sumlin yelled for the player to come off the field.
  — Michael Lev, azcentral, 19 Nov. 2019
• That Raiders fans were irate about a no-call against the Bengals in Round 1.
  — Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 15 Feb. 2022
• One of the suspects became irate and tried to hit the victim.
  — Rachel Spacek, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
• Hardman had said then to an irate crowd, adding that the city must have projects.
  — Hayat Norimine, Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2020
• The Samford bench was irate, wanting an over-the-back call.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
• That gave the Patriots back the ball, with the Jets' sideline irate.
  — USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
• At Google the announcement was met with a flood of irate memes.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 26 Jan. 2024
• The car owner was irate and threated to shatter the windows of the car.
  — cleveland, 22 Aug. 2021
• Stewart grew more irate as the blood streamed down the right side of this face and his jersey.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 21 Nov. 2021
• Of course, their fans will be irate, and that’s to be expected.
  — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• The man became irate and kicked and broke the car’s glove compartment.
  — cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019
• One had to hold back the irate father of the infant who was injured.
  — Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 24 May 2017
• The woman was irate but eventually calmed down and the man left the home for the night.
  — cleveland, 10 Feb. 2022
• Wait, isn’t Flair-All where the irate Wally from a couple of episodes ago worked?
  — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
• When asked to leave, Breaud claims the customer became irate, yelled at her and left.
  — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 23 Jan. 2020
• One permit holder, a judge who did not want to be named, was irate at the leak.
  — Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022
• Inmates were irate with Sink when the movies were turned off in 2011 and some threatened her.
  — Ryan J. Foley, Fox News, 8 Mar. 2018
• The Rockets, already irate over the no–call goaltend and the bump, argued that the foul should have been on the floor.
  — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 16 Jan. 2018
• An irate Coach K, 74, raced from the bench to the opponent's baseline to check on Moore.
  — David Thompson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2022
• Get irate, full of hate, throw his hamberder (and plate), with the ketchup just oozing on down.
  — Pat Myers, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2022
• Lowry was irate in real time, then calmed down with the help of his teammates en route to a win.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 8 June 2019
• Fans are irate, but Khloé, who is due any minute, doesn't comment.
  — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 28 June 2018
• The artists were irate that the city painted over their work, but were undeterred.
  — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, 9 June 2020
• Shane McGrath, who lives a few blocks away from the site, was irate over the proposal.
  — Trisha Thadani, SFChronicle.com, 20 July 2019
• Many did not want to risk getting sick while others were tired of irate clients.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 18 July 2023
• Some are sounding irate about Russia’s response and why it has been caught off guard.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024
• The chaotic scene unfolded when Williams, growing irate, rushed after the victim, police say.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 July 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024