How to Use apoplectic in a Sentence

apoplectic

adjective
  • She was positively apoplectic with anger when she realized she had been cheated.
  • Their anger was near-apoplectic.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Stella is apoplectic, but knows Cory has her.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Ralph Cook was apoplectic over the review.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The base of her party has been apoplectic for the better part of three years.
    — John Hirschauer, National Review, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Now many of them were apoplectic at the network’s top talent.
    — Joshua Green, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2017
  • The house, on the other hand, would have given him a full-on apoplectic fit.
    — Ny Times Syndication, NOLA.com, 19 July 2017
  • What made the left even more apoplectic was the president’s manner of sales pitch.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Johnson’s apoplectic second banana is just a third wheel, in more ways than one.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 May 2023
  • Network brass, who were not aware of O’Connor’s plan, were apoplectic.
    — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Fans were apoplectic, their initial shock quickly boiling to anger.
    — Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Ray Allen, from the corner Gregg Popovich was apoplectic.
    — The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
  • But taken too far, you can get snowed under and end up working twice as hard while giving your staff apoplectic fits.
    — Christopher Davenport, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022
  • If one title had a week-to-week decline, Pecker became apoplectic.
    — Lachlan Cartwright, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The mood in Black communities was apoplectic.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
  • Members of the Kennedy family were apoplectic.
    — Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Şengün was apoplectic at the questionable call, and perhaps rightfully so.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Springer was apoplectic, slamming his bat to the ground before taking out his frustration on his helmet back in the dugout.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • If this ever happened to Hillary Clinton, the media would be apoplectic.
    — Fox News, 23 May 2018
  • Do nonnative species from the Mediterranean and South Africa make your host apoplectic?
    — Lisa Boonestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Moss looked borderline apoplectic.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The American press expressed its fair share of disgust, while the British tabloids were apoplectic with rage.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 7 July 2021
  • Trump, who is apoplectic about being banned, plans to spend the final days of his term in office railing against the industry, the person said.
    — Author: Tony Romm, Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Jan. 2021
  • But people were downright apoplectic about the idea of Dobson leaving her cart unrestrained.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2024
  • Hedwig, the gardener recalled, was apoplectic at the idea of leaving their rural hideaway.
    — Giles Harvey, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2023
  • And in the loss to the Raiders, Jones was apoplectic as the Patriots struggled to get the right plays called near the goal line.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • After the Star of Peace is stolen and the security guards are drugged and everyone is apoplectic, the cops show up.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Charleston Coach Earl Grant was understandably apoplectic, but to no avail.
    — Zach Schonbrun, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Brees has missed one start because of injury in his remarkable 13-year run with the Saints, a fact that has left fans apoplectic with worry.
    — Chris Talbott, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • His drive-by coaching style hasn’t endeared him to a faction of the apoplectic fan base used to Rick Carlisle’s maneuvering.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 31 Mar. 2023

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