ENRAGE in a Sentence

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34 example sentences for ENRAGE, such as:

1. Master Hugh was very much enraged.
2. He was enraged by news of plans to demolish the pub.
3. He was enraged against the tattered man, and could have strangled him.
4. At this sight the youth forgot many personal matters and became greatly enraged.
5. Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENRAGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
enrage
 v.  infuriate; put into a rage; provoke to fury or madness; make furious
Classic Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  There was something in the purity and refinement of that sad face that seemed to enrage him.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
2  He ate of that terrible, inexpressible thing that is called de la vache enrage; that is to say, he endured great hardships and privations.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT
3  "Mammy getting ole," said Dilcey, with a calmness that would have enraged Mammy.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
4  Hardly had he finished the first lines when two other voices, drunken voices, assailed him, enraged foolish voices that stumbled over words and blurred them together.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
5  The very thought of how Archie had sat in judgment upon her about the convicts always enraged her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIII
6  Meanwhile the boat was still booming through the mist, the waves curling and hissing around us like the erected crests of enraged serpents.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
7  But the sight of the enraged drugged whales now and then blindly darting to and fro across the circles, was nothing to what at last met our eyes.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
8  In those moments, the torn, enraged waves he shakes off, seem his mane; in some cases, this breaching is his act of defiance.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
9  I have known him to cut and slash the women's heads so horribly, that even master would be enraged at his cruelty, and would threaten to whip him if he did not mind himself.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
10  His master is enraged at him; but, not willing to send him off without food, gives him more than is necessary, and compels him to eat it within a given time.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
11  Master Hugh was very much enraged.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
12  He was enraged against the tattered man, and could have strangled him.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
13  At this sight the youth forgot many personal matters and became greatly enraged.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
14  The guns in the rear, aroused and enraged by shells that had been thrown burr-like at them, suddenly involved themselves in a hideous altercation with another band of guns.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
15  Adolph, enraged at this taunt, flew furiously at his adversary, swearing and striking on every side of him.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
Example Sentence:
1  They began to talk; their conversation eased me completely, it was rather calculated to weary than enrage a listener.
2  Plans to build a new nightclub in the neighbourhood have enraged local residents.
3  He was enraged by news of plans to demolish the pub.