How to Use anger in a Sentence

anger

1 of 2 noun

• You could hear the anger in his voice.
• He couldn't hide his anger with us.
• She was shaking in anger.
• He never raised his voice in anger.
• He said that he had no anger towards the person who shot him.
• The group expressed its anger over the company's arrogance.
• Don’t let temptation and anger set the stage for what’s to come.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Nonetheless, the strike still set off protests across the West Bank and anger across the Arab world.
  — Raphael S. Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2024
• This frustrates and even angers Kathaleen, who has begged her mom for more than a year to get help.
  — Mike Wagner, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• There were tears and anger and debates on how to handle it all.
  — Mike Wagner, The Courier-Journal, 22 June 2023
• The futile attempts to comprehend this heinous act, and the hours of hugs and tears, soon gave way to anger.
  — Ted Deutch, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• After glancing at it, Jones strained not to let her anger show.
  — Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• In a fit of anger, Claire throws the garnet out the window, promising never to leave Jamie again.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 24 June 2023
• This has led to an explosion of anger at Roberts and Barrett.
  — The Editors, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
• And a clear statement that anger politics should end right here and right now.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2023
• One source of that anger is a sense that warnings were missed not just for years before the flood, but also in the days before the storm.
  — Ziad Jaber, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
• Every death, whether in Israel, Gaza or the West Bank, causes more grief, anger and hate.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• Combs was sentenced to a one-day anger management class.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2023
• The encounter has left them in shock and anger — the two teens involved in the stop have not been acting themselves, their parents told The News.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2023
• The killings have fueled rising Israeli anger at the government and Netanyahu over the war in Gaza.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2023
• Others were yelling in anger at the lack of care, according to a video recorded by her daughter.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
• The hiring, and quick firing, represents one of those rare instances likely to unite the left and right — in anger.
  — David Bauder, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
• Angela put her anger aside and traveled to Nigeria to comfort him.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• As New Englanders mourned the dead of Flight 723, some had turned their anger on the pilots’ families.
  — Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• The pain turning into anger, and his eyes were so expressive.
  — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
• Why is there so little anger about policies that have contributed to the deaths of millions?
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Oftentimes the victims of abuse or violence have nothing to do with the cause of the abuser’s anger.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• That that the, in social media and certain news media, the audience follows the anger and the shouting.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 July 2023
• Two decades of state repression have not denied this new wave of anger its bloody agency.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Mar. 2024
• Did honoring my vows mean figuring out how to make a home with C’s anger?
  — Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024

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anger

2 of 2 verb

• He was angered to learn that he had been fired.
• It angered me that she would say something like that.
• They were shocked and angered by the company's arrogance.
• He's a gentle man who's not easily angered.
• This is not the first time that CBS and Paramount+ have angered viewers.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2023
• She’s been angered by Gálvez’s feud with López Obrador.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• News of his release shocked and angered at least one of his victims.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
• This win angered some viewers, who questioned the use of prosthetics in the film.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
• Amazon’s tack — making people pay more to get rid of the ads — could anger consumers.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• Neighbors, angered by Grayson’s death, told The Star there were warning signs of neglect or abuse over the years the two lived in the building.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
• That has angered Ukraine, which has threatened to boycott.
  — Alex Holmes, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2023
• The post angered social media users in Korea, who blamed the trend on the fear of missing out on consumerism.
  — Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
• His view that the warring sides should settle for a truce has angered many in Ukraine, but has been welcomed by the Kremlin.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• In 1857, the court ruled against Scott, angering abolitionists and helping to set the stage for the Civil War.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• Bambridge points out a myth from the island of Raiatea, where two friends anger the god of the ocean, Ruahatu, by fishing in the wrong spot.
  — Tiare Tuuhia, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
• Parents have been angered by the song’s removal, Tempel said.
  — Harm Venhuizen, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023
• The threat has changed the way utilities operate, sometimes in ways that anger their customers.
  — David R. Baker, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
• Did Gerwig anticipate the degree to which her film would anger right-wingers?
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
• The debate in Kyiv about mobilization — and to what degree the country should ramp it up — has angered soldiers on the front line.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Gibson heard one explanation, a tale as old as the South: a Black boy said something to a white girl, which angered her boyfriend.
  — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
• Jay Leno wrote his own monologues, a move that angered union leadership.
  — Jack Coyle, Fortune, 2 May 2023
• This angered a lot of Chula Vista residents, many who sent me heat-seeking emails.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023
• The Greek myth of Medusa takes many forms, but the most common is this: Medusa was a woman who, having angered the goddess Athena, was made into a monster.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2023
• That stance has angered and frustrated much of Europe, which sees Russia as the aggressor and Ukraine as the victim.
  — Ken Moritsugu and Zen Soo, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
• This angered Roy, who vowed there would be consequences for Johnson for doing so.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023
• We are angered by the innocent Americans who were killed.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• Police chief Rizwan Khan said this had angered the local Muslims.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
• Some university leaders who made statements about the war angered one side or the other.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
• Israeli diplomats meanwhile have been angered by UN calls for a ceasefire.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
• The change caused the shutdown of several popular third-party clients, which continues to anger some users.
  — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 20 July 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024