wrathful
Example Sentences
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That 1991 platform worried both Washington and many of the island’s voters, who then and now, have shunned any move toward formal independence, fearing a wrathful reaction from Beijing.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The lights turn her into a colossal silhouette, the music becomes unnerving, as she transforms into a wrathful messiah.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2020
While Alonso de Santos is none too convincing when Segismundo turns wrathful or virtuous, the actor does ace moments of pathos, when the prince huddles twitchily in his jail cell, fidgeting with his chains.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2019
But in stressing the legitimate grievances Goneril and Regan have toward their wrathful, capricious father, the production underplays what Cordelia knows about her sisters’ natures long before they reveal the full extent of their depravity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2019
He had wrathful thoughts about the police who had arrested him, the jailors who kept him here, the system that allowed this.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
Vocabulary lists containing wrathful
Mad Infinitum: Synonyms for "Angry"
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 1–11
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Angry
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