1
: strong vengeful anger or indignation
2
: retributory punishment for an offense or a crime : divine chastisement
Examples of wrath in a Sentence
Noun
That winter it rained in Los Angeles for three months straight, as if I had brought with me a terrible wrath that somehow agitated the atmosphere, releasing a flood of rain.
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Patrick Moore, Tweaked, 2006
… Reagan raised the bar for every political performer who followed. A president or presidential candidate now had to be smooth or suffer the wrath of the press.
—Neal Gabler, Life: The Movie, 1998
More Wrath than Terror, has seized me. I am very mad.
—John Adams 26 Apr. 1777,
in The Book of Abigail and John, 1975
the wrath of the gods
waited until my initial wrath had eased before voicing my complaint
Adjective
… Take heed the Queen come not within his sight; / For Oberon is passing fell and wrath …
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1596
Patrick Moore, Tweaked, 2006
… Reagan raised the bar for every political performer who followed. A president or presidential candidate now had to be smooth or suffer the wrath of the press.
—Neal Gabler, Life: The Movie, 1998
More Wrath than Terror, has seized me. I am very mad.
—John Adams 26 Apr. 1777,
in The Book of Abigail and John, 1975
the wrath of the gods
waited until my initial wrath had eased before voicing my complaint
Adjective
… Take heed the Queen come not within his sight; / For Oberon is passing fell and wrath …
—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1596
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Onkar Ghate, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Shrines crop up in her honor — both from those who wish to avoid her wrath and others who approve of her killings.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Sellers, like customers, had yet to return after most residents had fled the area, crossing on foot through the mountains to neighboring Port-de-Paix, and through a swollen river to escape the gangs’ deadly wrath.
—Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Helene’s wrath on the Charlotte area forced the cancellation of Lee’s initial informal coach’s luncheon, which is an event the organization hosts annually to serve as a precursor leading into the start of training camp.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
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Noun
The choice to self-censor or else face the government’s wrath is a much worse free speech violation than is censorship by official edict.
—Onkar Ghate, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
Shrines crop up in her honor — both from those who wish to avoid her wrath and others who approve of her killings.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
Sellers, like customers, had yet to return after most residents had fled the area, crossing on foot through the mountains to neighboring Port-de-Paix, and through a swollen river to escape the gangs’ deadly wrath.
—Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Hurricane Helene’s wrath on the Charlotte area forced the cancellation of Lee’s initial informal coach’s luncheon, which is an event the organization hosts annually to serve as a precursor leading into the start of training camp.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Wrath.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrath. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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