irate
Example Sentences
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Mr. Scorsese, who was also married, became positively irate about Ms. Minnelli’s faithlessness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
After that game, an irate Amorim stressed he was United's manager rather than just the coach during an eye-catching press conference in which he told the scouting department and Wilcox "to do their job".
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
“My client wasn’t defending herself against Mr. Bruster, but against” the irate customer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025
During our investigation frustrated instructors emailed us - alongside irate learners and their parents - many of them sick at the idea of learners feeling they had to pay touts to get a test.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
“And when might that be?” squeaked the irate gnome, brandishing a notebook as though she were prepared to make a complaint of some kind.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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