How to Use tirade in a Sentence

tirade

noun
  • The coach directed a tirade at the team after the loss.
  • He went into a tirade about the failures of the government.
  • That launched a tirade against Duncan and the Lake campaign.
    Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Cody Blackbird, a dancer and flutist who filmed the man's tirade, said his group doesn't feel safe.
    Terry Tang, ajc, 11 Feb. 2023
  • During the hearing, Gohmert went on a tirade against Democrats.
    Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 2 June 2022
  • The tirade, which was caught on camera, has now left her without a job.
    Tanya A. Christian, Essence, 27 Sep. 2019
  • There was also something about a cow, and a tirade against... milk?
    Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The newspaper’s story about the case touched off a tirade from Ramos.
    Brian Witte, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • This is not the first time Musk has unleashed a tirade against those who question him.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The entire restaurant, packed with customers, was privy to the tirade, but to some Carew’s rage seemed to just be part of the scenery.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
  • The racist tirade that ensued cost the comic his livelihood.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 June 2024
  • Months of peace deals are cancelled by a Twitter tirade.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Faust aimed an off-the-air tirade at the woman who co-hosts his morning-drive radio show in the city.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Through Twitter tirades, a robbery in Paris and the births of their three other children, the pair have stayed strong through the decade.
    Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE.com, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The break-in came hours before Trump launched a Twitter tirade against Cummings.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
  • This isn’t the first time Clarkson has addressed the backlash to his anti-Meghan tirade.
    Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Garrett, who took it upon himself to calm the waters, was asked about the tirade.
    Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2022
  • Musk’s f-bomb-laden tirade against Disney, which came as its CEO was at the same event, follows in this vein.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2023
  • With Jimmy Lee Dykes, even the simplest spat could trigger a tirade.
    CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • That touched off a yearslong tirade against the newspaper.
    Author: Matthew Barakat, Denise Lavoie, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2018
  • Kid Rock, Swift and Styles have yet to respond to Adams’ social media tirade.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The newspaper's story about the case touched off a yearslong tirade from Ramos.
    Tamara Lush, Fox News, 3 July 2018
  • The newspaper’s story about the case touched off a yearslong tirade from Ramos.
    Washington Post, 3 July 2018
  • The stage is set for an active weather pattern that’s sure to bring a tirade of hazards to the Bay Area and much of the Golden State.
    Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Brooks sued Depp in 2018 alleging that the actor punched him twice in a drunken tirade.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022
  • Of course, observers of Conte and his history at the likes of Juve, Inter and Chelsea will know such a tirade isn’t out of the blue.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Blanchett’s tirade against the awards-show machine was seen by some as tanking her chances at Oscar gold.
    Vulture, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Parler went out of its way to explain that Ye’s recent tirade had no bearing on the deal.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Minaj also took aim at Scott's then-girlfriend Kylie Jenner, as well as Drake into her online tirade.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Vincent is caught on tape delivering a racist, John Galliano-esque tirade, plunging the house into an epochal PR crisis.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024

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