Definition of ANGRINESS

Examples of angry in a Sentence

I've never seen her look so angry.
An angry crowd gathered outside the courthouse.
I was angry that he had forgotten my birthday.
What made you so angry?
He got angry when he found out about their plans.
He sent an angry letter to the company president.
They had an argument and exchanged some angry words.
She gave me an angry look.

Recent Examples of angry from the Web

With a once-every-five-years Communist Party congress coming up in the fall, President Xi Jinping and his political allies don’t want to make more enemies of powerful businessmen, many of whom are already angry at China’s anti-corruption drive.

— bill powell, MSNBC Newsweek, "Will Trump Stop the 10 Chinese Companies Supplying North Korea's Nuclear Program?," 13 July 2017
But as has been the case for years now, the angry, overwhelmingly black overflow crowd is hurling obscenity-laden invective at the commission—and particularly at Johnson, who is also African American.

— joe domanick, Los Angeles Magazine, "How the Police Commission Got the LAPD to Buy Into De-Escalation," 13 July 2017
But the good news is that CenturyLink has apparently decided that the extra revenue to be made from overage fees isn't worth the increase in angry customers.

— jon brodkin, Ars Technica, "Cox expands home Internet data caps, while CenturyLink abandons them," 5 July 2017
Social media platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter have become a battleground for angry debates about Germany's recent influx of more than 1 million refugees, with authorities struggling to keep up with the flood of criminal complaints.

— frank jordans, Jewish Journal, "Germany passes law against online hate speech," 3 July 2017
Jansen was particularly angry that Seager, who did make the team, lost out Zack Cozart for the starting shortstop spot and that Justin Turner was consigned to the Final Vote process.

— jay jaffe, SI.com, "All-Star Game rosters feature plenty of youth and even more power," 3 July 2017
After a City Council meeting on May 28, angry white workers lodged formal complaints against black migrants.

— allison keyes, Smithsonian, "The East St. Louis Race Riot Left Dozens Dead, Devastating a Community on the Rise," 30 June 2017
Americans will be flying the flag and celebrating freedom this weekend, but the concepts have become more important as the political landscape has erupted into uncivil, angry rhetoric, political activists say.

— gloria casas, Elgin Courier-News, "Political landscape has people 'looking for more answers'," 30 June 2017
In small towns throughout Kentucky and Tennessee, Daniel Richards spends several nights each week being screamed at by angry 11-year-olds and their parents.

— jeffrey lee puckett, The Courier-Journal, "Hated and happy: Kentucky wrestler The Progressive Liberal is both hero and villain," 29 June 2017

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