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as in angry
feeling or showing anger a furious customer demanding to see the manager

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Recent Examples of furious Hunter Biden was furious when former President Obama led then-President Joe Biden off a stage during a fundraising event last year, according to a forthcoming book by ABC News’s Jonathan Karl. Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025 Back in July 2024, its furious advance coincided with a tactical peak in the S & P 500 and Mag7 leadership. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025 At the time, fans around the league were furious because the Oilers had already had the first overall pick three times in the previous five years. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 So Grace is furious, mostly at Kate (because Kate was the messenger, but also because Grace has always disliked Kate for gunning for her job). Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for furious
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  • Alongside Idris as the president, the lead ensemble cast of increasingly frantic White House officials, security advisors and senior military figures includes the likes of Rebecca Ferguson, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Jason Clarke and Tracy Letts.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Broncos have had to open their season on the opposite side of the country the past two years — a frantic 56-45 win at Georgia Southern last year and a 34-7 loss to South Florida in August.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The intense taste and smell can make this tonic hard to stomach.
    Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Part of what spurred intense interest, according to sources, was the success of Weapons, Zach Cregger’s summer horror hit.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Davis remains angry that none of the church’s former leaders were held accountable.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the end, of course, an angry mob does chase the monsters around the castle, only to be chased by them in return (the monsters having rediscovered their reason for being), which results in some serviceable monster slapstick.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • With words infallibly falling short, Pritam mingled realism with a fragmentary style of narration that meshes together social encounters, violent episodes, vivid metaphors, disturbing dreams, memories, intimate self-reflections, and introspection on society.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Once embroiled in conflict, participants and spectators layer on more stories to make sense of their relationship to its violent cauldron.
    Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • After 55 years based in Munich, ISPO, one of the world’s largest sporting goods trade fairs and an annual fixture in the sports-mad German city, is moving out.
    Cathrin Schaer, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Elordi's version of the mad scientist's monster boasts pale skin covered in scars, an alarming absence of eyebrows, and ratty dark hair extending past his shoulders.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Gómez took the 5-day trip to Mexico City as a brief respite before starting intensive training to care for Noah at his home in New York City.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • And the side hustle is time-intensive.
    Megan Sauer, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • Andrew Garfield leads the feature that is now in production, portraying the leader of a ferocious rebellion against the tyranny of King Richard II.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
  • While there are plenty of realistic iterations featuring ferocious teeth and claws, there are also a wide variety of friendly figurines and plushies.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Furious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/furious. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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