infuriate

“He could infuriate you in such wonderful ways,” Ms. Serpell quotes her subject remarking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

“I think this is only going to infuriate people, to be honest,” Brown said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

For example, if you start calling a loved one on your commute home to work, the time spent in traffic that used to infuriate you may instead become a source of joy.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

The launches infuriate North Korea, which has previously fired at the balloons and destroyed an empty South Korean-built liaison office in the North in response.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2024

‘Still ... it must infuriate you. First you were dumped by a mortal princess -’ ‘Merope.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“It infuriates her. It doesn’t make me mad. I feel very fortunate that I can make time during the day and do these things.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

He first alarms Dickens by attempting to kiss him and then infuriates him by harvesting geraniums from the garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

This element of the conversation around the dangers of Islamism and how it is countered is not new and itself infuriates many as we collectively wrestle with what to do about it.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

Blink-182’s humor has long rubbed some critics the wrong way, but it is the dismissal of the band’s punk rock credibility that really infuriates Hoppus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2025

But although my victory was complete and the man was ruined, and six years have passed, the thought of him still infuriates me.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

Pirro said a botched renovation, not vandalism, was responsible for the reflecting pool’s problems—and infuriated Trump by dropping the case.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Davis, as Columbia’s general counsel, felt certain lines in the protest song were libelous and told the infuriated songwriter that it wouldn’t make it onto the record, he wrote in one of his two memoirs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

But the increase in mining permits has infuriated environmentalists, including Ozer Akdemir, who says investment in the sector is being prioritised at the expense of pollution risks and harm to local economies.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

But back to the decision that infuriated the Spaniard.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026

The old man's indifference infuriated Magistrate Tiger and he ordered the carriage to stop.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

Readers found William so delightful—so infuriating, so crafty, so entertaining—that Crompton kept dreaming up escapades for him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

The Aussie breakdancer who went viral in 2024 for her cringingly bad performance at the Summer Olympics in Paris is the subject of an infuriating new Netflix documentary about the whole ordeal.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

Instead, all of the tedious, disappointing, ridiculous components fuse, creating a viewing experience that is occasionally infuriating in the moment, but leaves the mind the second the credits roll.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

At the start of each season, he would ask his self-described “Satan’s writers’ room” the same question: “What’s happening in the world that you find infuriating or terrifying?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

They are greedy, reckless words, loose and infuriating, but hard to dismiss because underneath, holding up the looseness like a palm, are the drums that put Fifth Avenue into focus.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison