How to Use enrage in a Sentence

enrage

verb

• People were enraged by the decision.
• His thoughtless behavior enraged us.
• Even though he had been given a soft landing, he was enraged by his ejection.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 25 May 2018
• Trump has been enraged about it since and seemingly can’t let the incident go.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2024
• He was so enraged that a flight attendant asked the officer to move to another seat, so the men couldn’t see each other.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 26 May 2018
• Most central bankers would love a scenario where their nation’s top leader runs interference for rate moves that might enrage many politicians, investors and households alike.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Clay’s willful ignorance is enraging, despite his good intentions.
  — refinery29.com, 27 May 2018
• But reports of the proposal have enraged supporters of women’s reproductive rights.
  — Trisha Thadani, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 May 2018
• This meme was fake and sought to misrepresent the original and this falsehood sought to enrage NRA supporters.
  — Jennifer Grygiel, Teen Vogue, 19 May 2018
• Chinatown residents are enraged after fire leaves 50 homeless.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
• The discharge petition has enraged Republican leaders whose priority now is making sure the base turns out in the midterm election.
  — Lauren Fox, CNN, 22 May 2018
• An unidentified man was enraged when the employees of Fresh Kitchen, in the Midtown area, began to speak in Spanish among themselves.
  — Johanna A. Álvarez, miamiherald, 16 May 2018
• Republicans hope a ballot initiative to overturn a gas-tax increase that has enraged conservatives will more than compensate for top-of-the-ballot weakness.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 24 May 2018
• The great debates that have enraged, enthralled, and animated our trigger-happy social media era always begin innocently enough.
  — Madeline Buxton, refinery29.com, 16 May 2018
• This struck Neville as deeply strange — and enraged her even all the more.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• My father, enraged by the noise, stormed out of his room and pulled us apart.
  — Zito Madu, GQ, 26 June 2018
• This act never failed to enrage the servers or delight the cooks.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 12 June 2020
• These outrages against the Iceni and their queen enraged the people.
  — Richard Hingley, National Geographic, 22 Oct. 2019
• And that's not the only point that's likely to enrage fans.
  — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2020
• As each day passed, the why of the deed was overwhelmed by the enraging question of how.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
• The news enraged Herrera, who went to his bedroom and stayed there most of the day, the report said.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 18 July 2019
• The heated rhetoric is meant to engage – and could enrage – his base.
  — Dean Obeidallah, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022
• The 65-year-old man became enraged at the size of the crack rocks, police reports say.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 3 Aug. 2019
• Some Ohioans were enraged that Foraker didn't do more to punish the White Caps.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 15 May 2024
• Trap and Trace Steve was enraged that Utzig had been swindled, and offered to help.
  — WIRED, 26 July 2023
• And if that enrages Democrats and turns off moderates, so much the better.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 19 July 2018
• This keeps Trump's base enraged at the media and mistrusting of us.
  — Amira Rasool, Teen Vogue, 22 June 2018
• Johnson became enraged when Collins told him to leave, and the two argued.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 11 July 2019
• In some areas, enraged mobs have set upon trucks full of flour bags.
  — Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• On the day of the shooting, Smith became enraged and started throwing things around the apartment.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024