: a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
Examples of tirade in a Sentence
He went into a tirade about the failures of the government.
The coach directed a tirade at the team after the loss.
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After a week of social media tirades and tense microphone diplomacy, the gruesome battle has somehow faded into the background.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
The same players refusing to step on the badge in the name of sportsmanship will, two hours later, be throwing themselves to the floor clutching their face in an attempt to get an opponent sent off and aiming a tirade of profanities at the referee.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
The two-time Academy Award winner has opened up in the past about his sobriety following his 2006 anti-Semitic tirade during an arrest for drunk driving.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Ocasio-Cortez was the subject of harsh criticism on social media for her tirade later on Tuesday.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 24 Feb. 2025
The same players refusing to step on the badge in the name of sportsmanship will, two hours later, be throwing themselves to the floor clutching their face in an attempt to get an opponent sent off and aiming a tirade of profanities at the referee.
—Ali Rampling, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
The two-time Academy Award winner has opened up in the past about his sobriety following his 2006 anti-Semitic tirade during an arrest for drunk driving.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Ocasio-Cortez was the subject of harsh criticism on social media for her tirade later on Tuesday.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Tirade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tirade. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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