apoplexy

Example Sentences

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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

In 1954, the Supreme Court’s school desegregation decision threw Southern segregationists into political apoplexy.

From New York Times • May 19, 2017

But not yet, the men on the other side were waiting, red faces swollen as though from apoplexy as they bent forward in their chairs.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison