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as in angry
feeling or showing anger the constant harassment from telemarketers finally made her good and mad

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Recent Examples of mad
Adjective
Just how mad is Beijing about President Donald Trump’s decision to revoke student visas for Chinese nationals? Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 14 June 2025 Like, beating up Claire in her mom’s front yard kind of mad. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025 Hollywood talent, middle-America cruise passengers, coders building streaming apps, and the guy installing your cable all get mad about different things. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 10 June 2025 Fast, not scared to use his front bumper, don't care if somebody gets mad about it and on the verge of becoming a star. Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for mad
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Adjective
  • When conducting immigration raids, federal agents from the D.H.S., including Border Patrol, and from the F.B.I. often do interact with crowds of angry community members.
    Bora Erden, New York Times, 13 June 2025
  • After protests and angry meetings, students were displaced to schools that were farther away from home.
    Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.
    Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.
    Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
Adjective
  • And when Paul manages to elude his overseers and explore the surrounding area — spurring a frantic search, the menacing tenor of which raises Lise’s hackles — the movie effectively becomes a prison drama, with the trio’s eventual interviewee depicted as a shadowy warden who can decide their fate.
    Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • When Nemo strays away from his reef and gets lost in the big open ocean, his frantic father teams up with the ever-forgetful Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) to find him.
    Meg Walters, EW.com, 19 June 2025
Adjective
  • The pair will make stupid decisions, and viewers will likely wonder: would a girl like Paula really do that for a mess like Sloane?
    Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 13 June 2025
  • This one is one person on the street obviously taking the soul of a protester who was stupid enough to go after some police officers.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • And so when something went wrong or something went against his wishes, why, there would be a display of anger.
    Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
  • Brown was also instructed to attend an anger management program and undergo a psychological/psychiatric evaluation.
    Bob Harkins, New York Times, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • Every child should be wanted for their own wonderful, infuriating, adorable self, just as every family should be supported by any government that wants to see this country flourish.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • The wait has been infuriating, stretching the boundaries of trust and raising serious questions about what happened to millions of dollars raised toward the ostensible goal of creating a suitable tribute.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.
    Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.
    John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • But the Thunder weathered the Pacers’ furious comeback bid on Monday, with Jalen Williams scoring 11 of his game-high 40 points in the fourth.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
  • More: 'Unhinged': Democrats are furious Sen. Alex Padilla was hauled out of Noem briefing Noem’s agency oversees Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, which had been carrying out raids in Los Angeles.
    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 18 June 2025

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