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infuriate

[in-fyoor-ee-ayt, in-fyoor-ee-it] / ɪnˈfjʊər iˌeɪt, ɪnˈfjʊər i ɪt /


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A prime minister's job is to make choices bound to infuriate one group or another and frankly, there is concern that Burnham might find that hard.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

“He could infuriate you in such wonderful ways,” Ms. Serpell quotes her subject remarking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

“I think this is only going to infuriate people, to be honest,” Brown said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025

For example, if you start calling a loved one on your commute home to work, the time spent in traffic that used to infuriate you may instead become a source of joy.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

I consider stuffing it into my bag, but that would really infuriate the Doctorita, and anyway, I have it nearly memorized.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

"It just infuriates me that if we hadn't kept fighting we would never have known about all those other injuries," Michael said.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

“It infuriates her. It doesn’t make me mad. I feel very fortunate that I can make time during the day and do these things.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

He first alarms Dickens by attempting to kiss him and then infuriates him by harvesting geraniums from the garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The character’s refusal to censor himself infuriates the authorities, who want to suppress free speech, knowing that freedom of expression can only lead to freedom of thought, a potent danger for autocrats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024

Her ability to always use the fewest words infuriates me.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Mr. Lillard, on the money, plays an administrator infuriated by the warped behavior of his most popular students, but who has to face parents with chips on their shoulders and self-serving agendas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

For the infuriated viewers who balk at the higher fee, the episodes eventually trickle in, but later than expected or even promised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Spain says it has returned to neighbouring Morocco 70,000 of the 72,000 migrants who entered Ceuta from July 30 in scenes that infuriated EU partners seeking a harder line on irregular immigration.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

Davis, as Columbia’s general counsel, felt certain lines in the protest song were libelous and told the infuriated songwriter that it wouldn’t make it onto the record, he wrote in one of his two memoirs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

Chris was just being Chris, but it infuriated me.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

“Try to relax. We’re here to help” is this culture’s infuriating motto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Aussie breakdancer who went viral in 2024 for her cringingly bad performance at the Summer Olympics in Paris is the subject of an infuriating new Netflix documentary about the whole ordeal.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

“It’s exploitative and frankly disrespectful and infuriating that that is kind of a last-ditch effort to suggest to my community ... that they’ve been wrong the whole time,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The infuriating design of LAX -- the main airport in America's second biggest city -- is almost legendary.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Sadness flits across Cain's face, infuriating me further.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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