angry young man
Example Sentences
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Indian cinema's, and especially Bollywood's, fixation with the macho hero goes back to Amitabh Bachchan's "angry young man" image of the 1970s.
From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026
“I wanted to give him a bit of an angry young man, James Dean phase,” Jenkins says.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023
To understand the gap between how Nitram saw himself versus how others perceived the inarticulate, angry young man, Kurzel assigned Jones tasks: film himself with a video camera, doodle in a diary.
From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2022
Link is an angry young man who is impulsive and questioning his identity.
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2021
Clerambault took no notice, and went on quietly explaining his position to the angry young man.
From Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War by Rolland, Romain