tirade

Example Sentences

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Simon unleashed a tirade at Coach executive Todd Kahn during their first meeting in the first decade of the 2000s, after the handbag maker tried to renege on deals to open stores in Simon malls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

A disheveled man sick of endless waiting launched into an eloquent tirade ending with Samuel Beckett -- "You know what happened in the story of Godot? He never came."

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

He shook his head, ranted at his coaches on the bench, then launched a tirade towards the nearby fourth official.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025

News of this happening today would send Plaschke off on a tirade, I’m sure.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2025

Silent Tom’s tirade lasted a full five minutes.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand