How to Use wrath in a Sentence

wrath

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  • More Wrath than Terror, has seized me. I am very mad.
    — John Adams, 26 Apr. 1777
  • There is no way that the Granite State will escape the wrath of the party.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 17 Feb. 2023
  • No airport pap walk has been spared the wrath of pink on pink on pink.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 3 July 2023
  • He's drawn the wrath of judges throughout Ohio and Kentucky.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2022
  • But part of my job is to guide you in the right direction and spare you from the wrath of bad fair food.
    — Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Based on that alone, the group is destined to suffer the wrath of stans worldwide.
    — Rebecca Shortall, Vulture, 12 July 2023
  • Even most male bears at the park steer clear of her maternal wrath.
    — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Those sent to prison are often left with one choice: join a gang or face their wrath.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Adams runs to stop the surgery, is berated by Meredith, and receives the wrath of Mrs. Collins.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • So risk the wrath of a thousand nonnas and add a bit of oil to your pot of pasta water.
    — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 20 June 2023
  • Gulf states have little incentive to risk the wrath of their publics.
    — Alexandra Stark, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Admonitions and sneers came from her pony face, a face chock-full of wrath.
    — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The wrath of the heavens, local Libyans contend, was matched by the incompetence of those calling the shots on the ground.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • No category of tree seemed to escape the storm's wrath.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Can Big Pharma cure your sloth, lust, wrath, envy, pride?
    — WIRED, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Even with a callow receiving corps that has earned his wrath at times, A-Rod is a problem.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Already this year, Hawaii has felt its wrath as a tropical storm passed south of the Big Island last month.
    — Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Thirty years ago — and maybe even before and since — the boys of Carlsbad made a sport of defying death and the wrath of railroad law.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • But each will now be required to stand up for Trump — again — or risk the wrath of their party’s base for failing doing so.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • An investor demanding justice for the death of his lawyer in a Russian prison incurs the wrath of Vladimir Putin.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
  • La Russa has been under a lot of stress this season, drawing the wrath of fans who have called for his firing.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The famous monkey wrencher saved a special venomous wrath for the kind of tourist who drove from one viewpoint to the next only to snap a photo and move on.
    — Stephanie Pearson, Outside Online, 2 Nov. 2022
  • But the novel and movie stirred the wrath of the incipient Austrian Nazi movement.
    — Jonathan Bate, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Parents, faces red with wrath, scream in objection to library books.
    — Martha Hickson, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Wright rode out Ian's wrath in her townhome in Bokeelia, on the narrow island's north end.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Watt is back for the Steelers, and that can’t be good news for Burrow and the Bengals offensive line, who felt Watt’s wrath in the season opener.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The whole process became a toss-up between getting the word out and risking municipal and parental wrath.
    — Gino Sesto, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But the most impressive result of Hilary’s wrath can still be seen in person – the only question is for how long.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Targeted by the cops His frequent stops in Detroit finally brought the wrath of Detroit police.
    — Michael Jackman, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2024
  • In every move, these companies face the wrath of shareholders and stock analysts.
    — Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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