apoplexy

Example Sentences

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It tended to be Thorgerson, by all accounts a stubborn genius, driving the record executives to apoplexy.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The ease with which Levin moves from apoplexy to calm tells me that the rage is a rhetorical flourish that substitutes for the logic his arguments lack.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020

A few days after hearing about Mr. Pecker’s apoplexy, we were approached, verbally at first, with an offer.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2019

“If you’re going to dismiss everything as a hoax, you’d better have something clear to replace it,” he said, his voice rising toward apoplexy.

From The New Yorker • May 30, 2018

He looked, now, as if he bordered on apoplexy.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick