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.
  • And, in time, his anger might fade.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There is a lot of anger on the left.
    — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The next point of anger is when the girls fight.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
  • A lot of them have anger issues.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
  • We should be allowed to feel pure anger.
    — Dawnie Jefferson, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • There was plenty of anger on the left too.
    — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Her fear quickly turned to anger.
    — Kiran Hefa, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • What -- what does the anger, where does the anger come out in this?
    — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But somehow, anger did not come in.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Gotta find anger, gotta find screaming.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Apr. 2026
  • There’s not even a sadness or an anger.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • What levels of anger does that bring out of me?
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Your face was shaking with anger.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
  • As the numbness wore off, the anger kicked in.
    — Lonnie Van Horn, Health, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But anger and a sense of loss arrive like a storm.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 May 2026
  • But if anger has a long half-life in this book, then so does love.
    — Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That anger is still very much part of his game today.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
  • As long as anger flows, the creature thrives.
    — Joe Palaggi, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Fourth, anger and the search for scapegoats.
    — David Blumenthal, STAT, 24 Mar. 2026
  • That means something, that anger.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Some of the girls have more cause for anger than others.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • And that might reduce the stress that leads to anger.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • There was just so much anger, so much hurt, so much pain from both ends.
    — Sarah Sotoodeh , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026
  • Their anger was near-apoplectic.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026

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.
  • What angers me is thinking about what could have been.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Is she amused or angered or saddened by this?
    — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • News of his release shocked and angered at least one of his victims.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • He was told to write down the names of people who angered him the most and wish them the best.
    — Jason Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Injury and even death have been alleged to have come to those who angered her over the years.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Your good time isn’t worth angering a ton of other people in worse seats.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
  • One video shows the pair lying in traffic and angering strangers with their bizarre rants.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Clooney’s op-ed also angered Hunter Biden.
    — Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Amazon’s tack — making people pay more to get rid of the ads — could anger consumers.
    — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
  • That changed last year in a move that angered some public officials but should have shocked none.
    — Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2026
  • One or two things happened before the end of the half which really angered me.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Or simply anger that any parent would have to suffer the agony of having a missing child.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Seeing what that distance from one’s own body and mind did to my mother saddened and angered me.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This win angered some viewers, who questioned the use of prosthetics in the film.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Jefferson Davis called for a day of fasting and prayer—which angered many.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The remark angered lawmakers on both sides of the aisle at the time, and it was quickly walked back.
    — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Jay Leno wrote his own monologues, a move that angered union leadership.
    — Jack Coyle, Fortune, 2 May 2023
  • There have been other scandals and fan-angering moments over the years.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The affidavit states that Rogers believed the two men were about to fight, which angered him.
    — Julia Falcon, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Parents have been angered by the song’s removal, Tempel said.
    — Harm Venhuizen, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The terms weren't discussed with Congress first, which angered some members.
    — Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • This appeared to anger the demonstrators further.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 29 Dec. 2025
  • This appeared to anger the demonstrators further.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But his explanation seems to have failed to appease all of those angered by his actions.
    — Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The two sat up front and refused to move, angering the driver, who stormed off at every stop, all through the night.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The two sat up front and refused to move, angering the driver, who stormed off at every stop, all through the night.
    — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026

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