fighting mad
Example Sentences
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Finally, writers may be mild-mannered, but everyone likes to get fighting mad once in a while.
From Economist • Sep. 21, 2017
On May 12, 1979, a Reds pitcher named Frank Pastore was fighting mad.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2012
Unharmed in the attack but fighting mad, he stormed into the office of Franco's right-hand man, Vice Pres ident Luis Carrero Blanco, and demanded that the government crack down.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now the weary wrinkles had left his brown eyes; the sag was gone from his padded cheeks; he was as fighting mad as a peaceable man can get.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was fighting mad, looking from face to face, his red head bristling, but no one answered his challenge.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
