wrathful
Example Sentences
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The hurt and humiliation behind Hally’s eyes allow us to adopt Sam’s sympathetic attitude toward the boy, even as Beatty refuses to soften the character’s wrathful entitlement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
But Paige’s tragedy is that, for all her reforming zeal, she’s too wrathful to write the future.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023
This is the embodiment of what linguistics professor George Lakoff called “the wrathful god.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022
While Alonso de Santos is none too convincing when Segismundo turns wrathful or virtuous, the actor does ace moments of pathos, when the prince huddles twitchily in his jail cell, fidgeting with his chains.
From Washington Post • Sep. 15, 2019
Achilles came and Ajax, still wrathful because of the armor of Achilles which the Greek captains had given to Odysseus and not to him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Vocabulary lists containing wrathful
Mad Infinitum: Synonyms for "Angry"
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapters 1–11
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Angry
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