irate

Example Sentences

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In recent years, local dogs posed problems, too, as did the occasional irate farmer who had lost a chicken.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Torres bounced around three locations over the next four days with his father, girlfriend, three parakeets, a dog and a turtle named Squirt while fielding calls from irate and scared residents.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

"Let me say this plainly: this is not a golden calf," he said later that night on X, referring to the Old Testament idol that famously made Moses irate after he received the Commandments.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Mr. Scorsese, who was also married, became positively irate about Ms. Minnelli’s faithlessness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

These are the ones that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns, irate letters to the editor, and inventories of common errors in student papers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker