How to Use ire in a Sentence

ire

noun

• He directed his ire at the coworkers who reported the incident.
• That process is the object of much of Jane’s commenters’ ire.
  — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• But on Thursday, the president aimed more of his ire at the Times.
  — The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Feb. 2024
• But the remark raised the ire of officials in Beijing to howls of protest.
  — Sung-Yoon Lee, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2023
• This is not the first time Musk’s actions have raised the ire of Ukraine and its supporters.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Heinrich drew the ire of Fox opinion hosts by tweeting a fact-check on some of Trump’s claims.
  — David Bauder, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Mar. 2023
• Barnes also drew his coach’s ire by leaving the bench in the final seconds of the fourth quarter.
  — Ian Harrison, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
• But the city would likely have to tap its rainy day fund, which would surely draw the ire of the ratings agencies.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• His ire is drawn by a group of swift, winged perpetrators who have made their homes in the trees high above his.
  — Ryan Maxin, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
• With Lowry backpedaling and moving on defense, the contact is enough to draw the ire of the referee.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The hiring drew the ire of the ADL and Greenblatt, who urged the administration to rescind it.
  — Ben Collins, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2023
• Cuts are the norm after a merger, but the way in which Zaslav pursued a plan to cut $3 billion in costs has drawn ire.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
• The matte black version that Franz von Holzhausen drove to a recent Malibu cars and coffee event drew the most ire.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2023
• Southwest’s meltdown has caught the ire of Congress and its pilot union.
  — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 31 Mar. 2023
• As the website’s influence has grown, Alt News has attracted the ire of the Hindu right.
  — Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2023
• Bag in hand, kilt on, drones thrown over his shoulder, Randall can go for hours — to the delight of tourists and the ire of some local workers.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2023
• The story caught the ire of many showrunners on Twitter who did want staffing minimums.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2023
• But Cardinal Burke is hardly alone in facing the pope’s ire.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• But Kazan remained a target of parents’ ire even after the school board meeting.
  — Nicole Carr, ProPublica, 29 June 2023
• The provision has caught the ire of past commissioners.
  — Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2023
• Elliott has found himself on the other side of the governor’s ire before.
  — John Sharp | , al, 16 Mar. 2023
• They are owned by people of all races, but somehow, the Black businesses draw the most ire on social media.
  — Keyaira Boone, Essence, 2 Nov. 2023
• Much of what these creators flaunt, and what seems to attract the ire of critics, is that work does not appear to dominate their lives.
  — Lora Kelley, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• That drew the ire of Nick Cousins, who dropped his gloves, but the linesmen got between him and Kerfoot before anything more could happen.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
• Rock’s beer rant raised the ire of Fred Guttenberg, the father of a child who was killed during the Parkland shooting in Florida in 2018.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2023
• On our way from the ship back to Kariba Airport, our minibus had to make a quick maneuver in reverse to avoid the ire of two bull elephants walking down the road.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
• But backing down could also draw more ire from within his coalition.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
• Some of this ire can likely be chalked up to the simple fact that some people just don’t like kids, which is, in my view, utterly reasonable.
  — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
• The ire directed at Iger risks missing this broader picture.
  — Time, 28 July 2023
• Arizona State president Michael Crow also drew ire for his role in the ongoing saga.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024